John 6:60 On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”

Even the disciples had questions and concerns, but they remained faithful despite the things they found hard to accept.

Luke 24:24 “Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see Jesus.”

Simply because we can’t “see” Jesus doesn’t nullify he fact that He is the resurrected Lord of all. 

John 5:14 Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.”

Having a disability, while challenging, doesn’t compare to the punishment we endure if we chose death over eternal life.

Luke 24:21 but we had hoped that He was the one who was going to redeem Israel.

Even today we have certain expectations of Jesus that get dashed. But His ways are not our ways. We need to trust Him even when we are disappointed in how He acts…or doesn’t act. 

John 3:1-2 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.”

Notice the pronoun, “we.” Clearly, other Pharisees knew Jesus was from God, but Nicodemus was the only one to come to Jesus. Do I talk to Jesus when I do not understand? Or, do I remain anonymous, afraid, self-righteous, and bitter?

Luke 24:17 He asked them, “What are you discussing together as you walk along?” They stood still, their faces downcast.

When we are discouraged and despondent it affects our countenance and forward progress. Notice that they “stood still.”  Yet, Jesus was with them. 

John 2:22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.

Is my faith so little that I need to wait on God’s works before I believe?

Luke 24:16 but they were kept from recognizing him.

Sometimes God stays anonymous as He works in our lives. 

John 1:3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.

Without Christ, I am nothing.

Luke 24:15 As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them.

Jesus walks the road with us even though often we don’t recognize His presence. Help me to see You, Lord.