John 21:5-6 (NLT), "He called out, 'Fellows, have you caught any fish?' 'No,' they replied. Then he said, 'Throw out your net on the right-hand side of the boat, and you'll get some!' So they did and they couldn't haul in the net because there were so many fish in it."
Monday... He really is interested in us and what we are doing.
Now here is the setting of John 21, the back story. Jesus had been crucified but he then had been raised from the dead and he was now connecting back with his disciples. Their whole world it seemed to them had been destroyed so they went back to doing what they had been doing when Jesus called them to follow him. Verse 3 says, "Simon Peter said, 'I'm going fishing'" and the others went with him. In their distress and confusion they did what they knew to do. And that is where Jesus found them and he didn't put them down, he didn't lambast them. He understood.
Again, Jesus really is interested in us and what we are doing and how we are handling the difficulties, disappointments and successes in our life.
Now, there was this guy on the beach who was yelling out at them. They couldn't tell who it was but it was Jesus. Verses 5-6 says, "He called out, 'Fellows, have you caught any fish? No,' they replied. Then he said, 'Throw out your net on the right-hand side of the boat, and you'll get some!' So they did and they couldn't haul in the net because there were so many fish in it." They still didn't know who it was but they did do what he said. God uses so many different ways to speak to us and it is so important for our pride to not get in the way. "So they did and they couldn't haul in the net because there were so many fish in it."
Now after they realized that it was Jesus they came on to shore. In fact, Peter jumped out of the boat and swam to shore. And when they all finally made it they found breakfast waiting for them. And Jesus told them to bring him some fish.
Look at this. Verse 13 says, "So Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net to the shore. There were 153 large fish, and yet the net hadn't torn." The Amplified Bible says, "full of large fish, a hundred and fifty three [of them]" The Message says, "153 big fish." The NIV says, "153" and the King James Version says, "an hundred and fifty and three."
John put the exact number of fish that they had caught. Jesus had called these men to be fishers of men. He came to this world to be fishers of men and each one of us who have been caught are very important. Some get so upset when people are counted when they come to church. Well it seems that numbers are important to God. Yes, there were 153 fish that were caught. Each one of those fish was a miracle and each one of us is a miracle. If fish are important then so are we.
You see, God really is interested in each one of us and what we are doing. Yes, they caught 153 big fish and there were more to come, more people to come. These eleven were going to change the world. And what we do is also so very important to God and he keeps track. Just listen to him and maybe throw your net where he tells you and then see the result.
He really is interested in us and what we are doing, even the details. Yes, even the number of fish that we catch. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning
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