A Holy Heart Burn

Luke 24:28-35 says: Luke 24:28 - 35 (NKJV) 28Then they drew near to the village where they were going, and He indicated that He would have gone farther. 29But they constrained Him, saying, “Abide with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent.” And He went in to stay with them. 30Now it came to pass, as He sat at the table with them, that He took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. 31Then their eyes were opened and they knew Him; and He vanished from their sight. 32And they said to one another, “Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?” 33So they rose up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together, 34saying, “The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!” 35And they told about the things that had happened on the road, and how He was known to them in the breaking of bread.

Does your heart burn for the Lord? We need to learn the secret of a burning heart. The disciples on the road to Emmaus were talking about the death of Jesus, when Jesus himself appeared to them. He asked them what they were talking about. One of them named Cleopas answered: “Have you not known the things which happened there in these days?” Then they talked about what Jesus went through. Verse 31 says their eyes were opened and they knew Him. He then disappeared from their sight.

Notice in verse 32 they said to one another, “Did not our heart burn within us?”
Does your heart burn? When you first received the Lord into your life, do you remember the joy and excitement of reading scriptures and fellowshipping with other believers, and worshipping the Lord. You had holy heart burn. You would hear a new spiritual truths and it would bring excitement to your spirit. The grind of our daily lives can smother the burning of our heart. We need to learn the secret of maintaining the burning heart.

How do you maintain a holy heart burn? The way is by abiding in Jesus. The fire of the heart needs to feed with the fresh Word of God every day. You need to continually feed your heart with the fuel from the Holy Spirit.

I have battled with physical heart burn for years that is not good, but I would not want to live without spiritual heart burn.

Pastor Larry