Seven Mile Road

At the end of the Seven Mile Road story, the disciples finally see. It takes a ton of help from Jesus, but they truly see. As they see, Jesus helps them see God’s redemptive plan across history and geography. Even more than seeing the plan, Jesus sends them (and us!) to join His mission.

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Spaghetti sauce might make our heart burn, but the Scriptures rightly taught definitely do, or at least they are meant to. In Luke 24, Jesus teaches two disciples the Scriptures, and when they reflect back upon that time, they recognize that something profound was happening inside their chests. A burning, a passionate wave, a growing flame for what was true and what that meant. They met Jesus, and their hearts burned, and they could see him, and the only thing left for them to do was to run off at once to tell everyone else.

After Jesus’ resurrection, two disciples encounter Him as they walk to Emmaus. Not recognizing it is Jesus, the disciples explain their sadness and confusion over his death. While they are shocked that the visitor isn’t aware of all that has happened in Jerusalem, even more shocking is that they still don’t see who Jesus is … so he opens the scriptures and helps them see.

After the discovery of Jesus' empty tomb, his disciples were sad, uncertain and confused. They didn't understand how the pieces fit together or how they'd fallen apart. As two of the disciples walked along a road discussing and struggling to make sense of things, the risen Jesus drew near. He didn't wait for them to find him. He didn't wait for them to figure things out. Jesus drew near to them and he does the same to us.

Luke 24.13-16

Update on what's to come this month at Seven Mile Melrose.

In Psalm 19, David tells us that the heavens declare the glory of God and the scriptures show us God’s glory in revealing his perfect word to us. Like the heavens, God’s word is active in declaring his glory and helping us see who God is and there’s only one right response to seeing His glory: humble confession.

This week we will hear from God’s word in Psalm 1.
How do my daily choices and habits shape my life? What words truly guide my whole life?
The psalmist invites us to consider that the path to a life blessed by God is marked by finding our delight in his words which guides us in all areas of life.
We can’t meet this ideal.
But through the gospel, Jesus transforms us to love God so that our delight in his word increases.
As he does this, we learn to live by his Spirit who guides our lives and draws others to the goodness of the gospel through us.

The Lord does not leave us as we are. He hears and heals. He is merciful. When the days are dark, we need reminding of this. But this psalm is for after God has acted for us, and it calls us to rejoice in thankfulness for what God has done for us. There are many such acts of God we can be thankful for. He turns our mourning to dancing, and so dance we must for our gladness is from Him. 

Psalm 30

In Psalm 16, we read the words of a fearful King David. He is fearful he’ll abandon faith in God and fearful that God will abandon him in death. Out of his fear, King David asks some of the same questions we ask: What can I trust God with? How long can I trust him? Not only does he ask the questions, David gives a rock-solid answer grounded in who God is and what he has done: I can trust God with everything forevermore