You ever notice how nobody throws you a parade when you are doing the right thing?
No fireworks, no headline, no marching bands on State Street, and no guy from Channel Nine asking how it feels to be noble on a Monday morning.
You just get up, do what you are supposed to do, and most of the time nobody even nods.
That is conviction and conviction builds integrity.
It is the stuff you do when there is nothing in it for you. There isn't applause and there is no guarantee anybody’s even paying attention.
Now take those two guys on the Road to Emmaus.
Walking along, probably complaining like a couple of guys stuck on the Eisenhower at rush hour.
And there He is, right next to them.
They don’t see it. Not at first.
Because recognition doesn’t come easy. It shows up late.
After the work has been done. After the walking is over. After you have already decided who you are.
That is the part nobody likes.
People want recognition first. They want the headline before they have written the story.
Doesn’t work that way.
You live it first.
You believe it first.
You walk it out when nobody’s watching.
Then maybe you recognize what was right in front of you the whole time or maybe you don’t.
But either way…
...you still had to take the walk.
The Road to Emmaus comes from the Gospel of Luke (Luke 24:13–35).
After the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, two disciples are walking to the village of Emmaus, discouraged and confused. Jesus joins them on the road, but they don’t recognize Him.
As they walk, He explains how the Scriptures foretold His suffering and resurrection. Still, they don’t realize who He is.
It’s only later, when He breaks bread with them, that their eyes are opened and they recognize Him. Then He vanishes.
The point, plain and simple:
They were walking with Him the whole time they just couldn’t see it. This story is also an early sign on the importance of the Eucharist and it being the closest we get to Christ during our lives.
