Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“After this he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country. And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them.”
NL Daily Devotion for Thursday, April 16, 2020
by R. Fergus Moir, Clergy Stuff
These two brief verses are Mark’s version of the story of the walk to Emmaus. (Luke 24:13-35) I guess Mark felt we didn’t need the details, that all we need to know is that when these two people said they’d seen Jesus, the others didn’t believe them. And who am I in the story? The one who’s seen Jesus and isn’t believed? Or the one of the ones who hear about a Jesus sighting and don’t believe because I haven’t seen it myself?
I’d love to be one of the disciples who saw Jesus. Then I would know for certain. Know Jesus was alive and loose in the world. If I had that assurance, why would I even care whether anyone else believed me? But the truth is, I’m far more often one of the eleven back in Jerusalem refusing to believe it until I see it for myself—on my terms. As a result, I miss out on the joy of expectation and anticipation, the hope that makes life beautiful. Opening myself to the possibility that Jesus might actually have revealed himself to someone other than me can make me better able to see Jesus myself in the world around me.
Where does my skepticism hold me back from connection with God?
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