He said to them, “Have you any food?”
Luke 24:41

We were all there listening to their story when—poof! He was there. Some gasped. Others fell down. Some ruined their tunics. We thought it was a ghost. We could not believe our eyes.

He asked for some of our food. Peter would later kid Him about returning from the dead because He wanted some of Peter’s homemade grilled mush (fish found in the sea of Galilee). It was quite tasty, but we were all surprised that He would show up and ask for food. I guess that’s a good and tasty way to prove you’re not a ghost. We had imagined it happening a little differently. It was really quite funny. Mary knew it was Him because He called her by name in the garden; we knew it was Him because He ate. It was in the small things that we recognized it was Jesus.

The Resurrected Christ reveals Himself to people in some pretty peculiar ways. As you listen and try to follow His lead today, don’t downplay the small, practical things, like a hug, a phone call, a meal, money, babysitting, listening, a comment of love and appreciation, or simply being with someone. We all want to see the supernatural resurrected power of Jesus, but sometimes it’s supernatural that a supernatural being reveals Himself in natural ways. Jesus pointed out that we may serve the Lord by clothing the naked, feeding the hungry, or visiting the imprisoned. Sometimes the practical things can be the most powerful things.

As we sped through the crowded Indian village streets, the small-framed, dark-skinned, smiling pastor told me his story of coming to Christ. He said in broken English, “I was the third youngest of seven children. We were Hindus. My parents both died in an accident leaving all seven children to survive. My oldest brother and sister tried to help us but we could not get enough food, and we were starving. The oldest two started talking about suicide but did not want to leave any of the other brothers and sisters behind. So, they thought of all us jumping in front of a train, or tying rocks to our feet and jumping off the bridge into the water. We did not know what to do. I was seven years old and remember all of us crying.”

“Then a man who lived nearby brought us some rice. As we ate, he asked us questions. We told him what had happened and our talking of suicide. He told us that we should not kill ourselves, but come live with him. He said he would take care of us. We were a little uncertain because this man was a Christian, and my parents taught us to be suspicious of Christians. But my older brother said, ‘We have over three million gods, and as we are talking about killing ourselves, it is a Christian who comes to help. I will go and live with him and learn about his God.’ So, we lived with the missionary and the rest is history.”

Today, that pastor has rescued over eight hundred girls from prostitution and drugs, started 36 churches in 30 villages, led hundreds of thousands to Christ, and all that in about 35 years of ministry. All of that, because one man took some rice to some kids down the street. That is supernaturally practical.