Open Minded?

When Jesus met with His disciples following the resurrection Luke tells us that he ate broiled fish. Let that taste swirl in your mind for a moment. I wonder if the white flakey fish was douched in butter and Tony Chachere's? This tidbit of information reveals a unique quality to the body post resurrection. It brings joy to know that in our resurrected experience we will be able to eat. That is however, not the main thrust of this passage in chapter twenty four. Verse 45 says; "Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures." I do not dare suggest that I fully understand this, but what a thought. He opens minds so that His disciples can understand the Scripture concerning Himself.
Paul prays for the "eyes of our hearts" to be opened. We need open eyes and open minds to the Word of God. Our very understanding of God's word is predicated upon the work of the Holy Spirit of God. Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit would lead us into all truth. This is a vital part of the grace of God working daily in the life of the disciple. Pray for an open mind in your relationship to the Word. Pray for open eyes to see, understand and perceive what God is doing in our world. He is moving and we can live much of our lives with closed eyes and closed minds if we do not pray such prayers.

Eph. 1:18-19 I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength,