September 25, 2022 – Daily Bread Devotional for Today | Sunday Daily Devotions Reading
September 25, 2022 – Daily Bread Devotional for Today
TOPIC: Recognized When He Broke the Bread
SCRIPTURE READING: LUKE 24:13-35
KEY VERSE
Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread. — Luke 24:35
September 25, 2022 – Daily Bread Devotional MESSAGE
There’s a story about a woman who happened to wander into a church on a Sunday morning. She was an atheist, so she wasn’t quite sure why she decided to sit there in a pew, and then when she was offered communion, for some reason she didn’t turn it down. As she heard the words “Take this bread” and ate the piece of bread, it was as if she received a revelation. From that moment on, she followed Jesus and then started a food bank so that she could help feed others.
This story and our reading in Luke today give glimpses of what’s possible even when people aren’t aware of who Jesus is. When we read the story of the men walking on the road to Emmaus, it’s hard not to wonder why Jesus kept them from recognizing him. He could easily have told them earlier who he was and filled them with joy. Yet God’s ways are not our ways. And then somehow, when Jesus “took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them,” their eyes were opened.
Can we accept that we can’t control how or when Jesus reveals himself to us, and that it may not depend on our intellectual ability?
Jesus allowed these followers, on the very day of his resurrection, to recognize him first and foremost in the breaking of bread, permitting them to understand and even to taste the truth of who he really was.
September 25, 2022 – Daily Bread Devotional PRAYER
Lord, our hearts are burning within us too. As we taste your goodness, we know that you are the risen Savior. Amen.
Today Devotional written by Julia Prins Vanderveen; works and lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, with her husband, Trevor, and their three sons. Julia has served as a copastor with Trevor at a church in Vancouver. She is a campus pastor and a humanities teacher at the Vancouver Christian School. September 25, 2022 – Daily Bread Devotional for Today