Are your Hearts Burning?

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Luke 24:32 They asked each other, "Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?"

It is the 3rd day after the crucifixion and Jesus has just resurrected from his death on the cross.  On the same day we see two people walking to a “village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem”.  After a few moments Jesus appears to them and starts walking with them.  These people did not recognize Him and he jumps into their discussion.  However, only later in the evening when they were going to eat dinner did they recognize the person who was walking with them from Jerusalem.  As soon as they recognize Jesus, he disappears from their sight, and that is when these words were spoken by these men.  I believe the words spoken by these men communicate a truth, which many times we ignore.  That is, when Jesus spoke and opened the Word of God to them, every word spoken by Him made their hearts burn. 

As I looked into the original Greek word for the words “hearts burning”, I see that it means to consume or kindle our thoughts and feelings.  As we read the whole chapter we will see that Jesus is explaining to them how the Old Testament prophesies about the Messiah was fulfilled.  As they listened to His words, their hearts were recognizing the truth but their mind seemed doubtful.   

The Bible says in Hebrews 4:12 that “….the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.”

This is so true!! Whenever we encounter the Word of God in our life, the very being that was created by God responds to its Master by acknowledging that the Word about and from the Maker is true.  When the Word of God penetrates our hearts it is like a cleansing process which takes the heart, “deceitful above all things and beyond cure” (Jeremiah 17:9) and sanctifies it with fire.

However, this fire from God is quenched so many times when we start listening to our mind. This is why the Bible says in Romans 12:2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.  

I am reminded of the story where Peter the disciple of Jesus betrayed him.  When asked if he knew Jesus, his heart was saying, “Yes”, but his mind was saying, these guys will kill me if I say “Yes”, so he says “No”.  This incident does not happen once, not twice, but thrice. That is, when he realizes that even though his heart was burning with the truth, but his mind had quenched the word spoken by the Spirit of God.  This is when he recognizes his error and cries like a baby asking for repentance from His Master.

Today, if your hearts burn when the Word of God from the Bible is spoken or read, is your mind quenching the Spirit of God? Are you denying the one true God and His Word coming alive in your life? If you answered, “Yes”, and you want the fire of God burning in your heart, so that you can be the person that God wants.  Then all you have to do is respond to the invitation of Jesus in your life & accept what he did on the cross.

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