Meditation

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This week we are copying out John Chapter 21. The conclusion of John's Gospel. Today's passage closely recalls the account in Luke 5:1-11 of Jesus calling his first disciples.​

Then as now, the group of fishermen led by Simon Peter and containing the sons of Zebedee had toiled all night and failed to catch any fish before being commanded by Jesus to try again, only to find their nets overflowing to bursting point.

The earlier event marked their first call to leave their profession as fishermen to follow Jesus and become "fishers of men."This event marks the transition to continuing that mission alone. In their own power, they won't accomplish anything. In his power, they will reorder the world.​

On a small point, John's use of the informal phrase "It happened this way" brings us inside a drama that begins here and leads directly to us today and beyond into the future.

Today's text is John 21:1-6.

Jesus and the Miraculous Catch of Fish

Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee. It happened this way: 2 Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus,) Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. 3 “I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them, and they said, “We’ll go with you.” So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.

4 Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.

5 He called out to them, “Friends, haven’t you any fish?”

“No,” they answered.​

6 He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.

Encouragement

“Christ’s presence, if he would but come among us in the fullness of his strength, would do so much more for us than anything that we have ever seen.”​

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Andy

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