(From the Visions of Shiloh - continued)
(students sitting at their desks)
We were all thirsty and Jesus knew it. So He got a small pitcher of water. He began to fill up large plastic cups – huge ‘44 oz’ cups (like you might get at a gas/petrol station). The water in the pitcher never ran dry, no matter how many He filled. He passed them out and we began to drink.
Next, The Lord told us to go look out the classroom windows. We stood to our feet and walked over the windows to look outside. There was a scene of the crucifixion followed by the resurrection. We watched the gospel played out in front of us in real time.
When it was finally over – Jesus told us to come back from the windows. So we turned around and He was wearing white robes. The glory of God was upon Him. It was like we were seeing Him for the first time.
We ran over to Him. He hugged us.
Then a rainbow-colored parrot landed on his left shoulder.
Comments -
As we spend time with the Lord, in prayer and in the Word of God, the Holy Spirit begins to open our eyes to new revelations about things we thought we understood. We may know the gospel. We may know the scriptures. But until Jesus opens our minds, we do not know Him. When he does that, it will be like seeing Him again for the first time.
But they were terrified and filled with fear, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
He said to them, “Why are you troubled? Why do doubts arise in your hearts? See my hands and my feet, that it is truly me. Touch me and see, for a spirit doesn’t have flesh and bones, as you see that I have.” When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. While they still didn’t believe for joy, and wondered, he said to them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”
They gave him a piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb. He took them, and ate in front of them. He said to them, “This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled.”
Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures. He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. Behold, I send out the promise of my Father on you. But wait in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high.”
- Luke 24:36-49
Prayer -
Dear Jesus, thank you for giving your life to redeem me and so I can know you. In this way, please continue to transform me into an eternal person, to be born of the Spirit because I long to be one with you. Show me more of who you are and will be in my life. Thank you. Amen.
(Excerpts were taken from 'Shards of Light: A Daily Devotional' by F. R. Giles)