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So, here are the disciples by the shore of the sea of Galilee.
Life had changed pretty drastically for them in just a short amount of time.
Their Lord had been arrested, tortured, killed
But then, the empty grave!
He was alive again!
But things were still different.
Jesus is kind of here and there.
You’d see Him and then you wouldn’t.
And he’s not traveling around with his band of 12 any more.
I wonder if the disciples, while being overjoyed that Jesus was alive, were feeling a little bit restless, and wondering what is next.
According to Matthew, Jesus told them to meet him in Galilee, so they make the 3-day journey back to their home area.
So, there are 7 of them hanging out together: Peter, Thomas, Nathanael, James and John, and two others
And Peter makes the suggestion one day to go fishing:
We don’t know why.
The Bible doesn’t tell us, and we can speculate, but it’s not the point of the story.
What happens as a result of this fishing trip is important though
They get their fishing gear together and as night falls, they go out in the boat, hoping for some luck
But, it’s one of those nights, and the fish just aren’t cooperating
The night creeps by.
The grey dawn is starting to spread across the eastern sky, Suddenly, they hear a voice calling to them
“Children, do you have any fish?”
They turn and see in the dim light the figure of a man on the shore
Well, it’s been a long, unlucky night, and doubtless they are tired, and a little grouchy.
One word answer: NO
Well, cast your net on the right side of the boat.
I think you’ll find some there
Now, look, these guys are experienced fishermen.
And their boat isn’t very big.
Why would there be fish on the right side if there aren’t any on the left side.
Fish aren’t that organized are they?
But amazingly, they DO it!
Why?
Because I think something is already stirring inside of their hearts.
Something in this man’s voice.
His authority.
That command: Hadn’t they heard it somewhere before?
They obey
and Immediately, the nets are so full that they aren’t able to haul it in because of all the fish
Yes, THAT’S why this all seems so familiar.
It’s when Jesus pushed out a little way from the shore in Peter’s boat and told him to let his nets out one more time
And they had a haul just like this one!
John was there when that happened and he put’s the pieces together first.
“It’s the LORD!”
John: has Spiritual discernment
“It’s the Lord!”
John is the first to recognize and proclaim the work of the Lord
What about you and me?
How well do we recognize the work of Jesus in our hearts and in our lives
How well are we able to identify when He is at work in our lives…the fingerprints that He leaves
Even when he is working in a way that seems so…unexplainable and strange
Like “Throw your nets on the right”
That’s not logical and explainable.
But it’s the way that He works many times.
Maybe thats sort of what Jesus was talking about when He said to Nicodemus: John 3:8 “8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes.
So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.””
You can’t predict where the wind is blowing, its direction.
You don’t know where it is coming or where it is going
You only hear its sound and see its effects.
We like things to be pretty predictable in our lives.
We like things to be logical so that we can understand and make sense of what is going on in our lives
But Jesus doesn’t often work like that.
And so it’s possible that when He works in our lives, we miss it
He might tell us to let our nets down on the right side of the boat when we’ve spent all night fishing on the left side
He might tell us to go back to Iowa and serve the local church when you’ve spent all night trying to fly airplanes
He might move you to Oregon after you’ve spend all night working as a farmer in Iowa
Does that mean that what you’ve spent all night doing was wrong?
Not necessarily.
But it DOES mean that Jesus sometimes has some different ideas about how His kingdom work is going to get done
Ideas which don’t really make sense to us
And when He speaks up, the question is, do we recognize the voice of our master?
And are we quick to obey?
John was.
He recognized the voice of his master and that command, and as crazy as it seemed, they obeyed, and the blessing was immense
Look at the response of Peter
Peter: eager for reconciliation
Grabbed his cloak and jumped into the sea
Can we just cast our mind back to what happened just a short time before this?
Peter had fallen hard.
After declaring enthusiastically that he would NEVER deny His Lord, that’s precisely what he did
Can you imagine the pain and the shame that he felt?
Can you imagine the shame that most of this group felt?
We are told that everyone forsook Jesus and fled when they soldiers came to arrest him
But Peter, especially fell hard.
And to make it worse, when Jesus appeared to the disciples, those first two times, Jesus didn’t even say anything to Peter about what had happened
Do you remember as a kid when you did something really bad and your mom would say, “Just wait till your dad gets home.
We will deal with it then”
Man does that day drag by.
You dread what’s coming, but at the same time, you just want it to be over with.
And then dad comes home, and you know mom has told him about what happened, but he doesn’t DO anything!
That’s worse than the actual punishment!
It’s bee how many days since Jesus arose from the dead, and nothing has been said.
Can you imagine the conflicting emotions in Peter’s heart?
He’s probably wondering, “can our relationship be back to the way it was?
Does Jesus even know what I did to him?”
I’m so ashamed and embarrassed.
But then John exclaims, “It’s the Lord!”
And Peter does not hesitate one second.
He grabs his coat and dives into the sea and swims to shore.
This is opposite of what you would think that he would do.
Because it’s opposite of what we often do as people
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