19/04/2015
Read this, loved it and I just had to share :)
Peace be with you! And don't jump out the window!
I love how the post resurrection appearances of Jesus are told. Both last week and this week (3rd Sunday of Easter - Luke24:35-48) we heard how John and Luke told of Jesus appearing. In both cases, I think the room where Jesus appeared must have had great burglar bars, because if Jesus appeared and the doors were still locked β I certainly would have jumped out the window and run screaming down the road!
This' Peace be with you' is a peace in anxiety, disbelief, joy, incredulity. Itβs a personal peace as itβs a personal presence β the presence of the Lord Jesus. The Disciples had just walked back to Jerusalem from Emmaus at Night (remember how fearful the Night is!) filled with a new courage, but the same old fears remained too. It needed the retelling of the Story for Jesus to appear.
In our own lives, with their concerns, anxiety, joy awe etc, we need the retelling of the Story of Jesus to bring us peace β a peace that leads to fearless feeding and then mission!
Written by Chris Townsend