Each week in worship we have an invitation that is given to us, an invitation to come to the table with Christ as our host. An invitation to commune with God and the great cloud of saints. And today as I was reading the walk to Emmaus, I noticed a characteristic about Jesus I had not noticed before.

“As they came near the village to which they were going, he walked ahead as if he were going on. But they urged him strongly, saying ‘Stay with us, because it is almost evening and the day is now nearly over.’ So he went in to stay with them.”

The characteristic I noticed was that Jesus was going to go on. The opportunity would have been missed for Cleopas and his friend to fellowship with their Risen Lord had they not invited him to stay that evening. In our days, how often…