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'The apostles saw Jesus during the forty days after he was raised.' Acts 1:3
It came and it went faster than your Dad can eat your last Easter egg. No more Jesus until ... what ... we drag Him out for Christmas? I guess that's how the disciples must've felt as well, right? Wrong. Jesus didn't just put an obligatory appearance in at the tomb that Sunday; He stuck around for forty more days, so Acts 1 tells us. In fact, the apostles can't even light up a barbeque without Jesus turning up with a set of kebab skewers (for full recipe, turn to John 21).
What seems to characterise most of these guest appearances though, is the unexpected nature of His arrival: at one point He even turns up in full Clark Kent disguise on a road to Emmaus.
Jesus loves to drop in unannounced and He's still up to his tricks, even today. Philip Yancey writes, 'As a Christian journalist, I have learned to look for traces of God ... I have found those traces in unexpected places: in atheistic nations, slums ... in prisons, orphanages, and even in the plays of Shakespeare.' As a journalist, Yancey's job is to see; like the first disciples, he has seen Jesus turn up in the most unexpected places.
You don't have to enrol on a creative writing course in order to see Jesus at work though, you just need to learn to see. Next time you're in the countryside, or at school, or even passing the Big Issue guy, open your eyes and expect to see Jesus.
written by Bob Gass
'The apostles saw Jesus during the forty days after he was raised.' Acts 1:3
It came and it went faster than your Dad can eat your last Easter egg. No more Jesus until ... what ... we drag Him out for Christmas? I guess that's how the disciples must've felt as well, right? Wrong. Jesus didn't just put an obligatory appearance in at the tomb that Sunday; He stuck around for forty more days, so Acts 1 tells us. In fact, the apostles can't even light up a barbeque without Jesus turning up with a set of kebab skewers (for full recipe, turn to John 21).
What seems to characterise most of these guest appearances though, is the unexpected nature of His arrival: at one point He even turns up in full Clark Kent disguise on a road to Emmaus.
Jesus loves to drop in unannounced and He's still up to his tricks, even today. Philip Yancey writes, 'As a Christian journalist, I have learned to look for traces of God ... I have found those traces in unexpected places: in atheistic nations, slums ... in prisons, orphanages, and even in the plays of Shakespeare.' As a journalist, Yancey's job is to see; like the first disciples, he has seen Jesus turn up in the most unexpected places.
You don't have to enrol on a creative writing course in order to see Jesus at work though, you just need to learn to see. Next time you're in the countryside, or at school, or even passing the Big Issue guy, open your eyes and expect to see Jesus.
written by Bob Gass
