Simon
Peter Said, “I'm Going Fishing.”
“Fellows,
Have You Caught Any Fish?”
“No”,
They Replied.
Scripture
John
21
Later,
Jesus appeared again to the disciples beside the Sea of Galilee.
2
Several of the disciples were there—Simon Peter, Thomas (nicknamed
the Twin), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and
two other disciples.
“We’ll
come, too,” they all said. So they went out in the boat, but they
caught nothing all night.
5
He called out, “Fellows, have you caught any fish?”
“No,”
they replied.
So
they did, and they couldn’t haul in the net because there were so
many fish in it.
Observation
Nothing
wrong with fishing! I love to fish for fish myself.
Simon
Peter and the other disciples, many of them fishermen, in fact had
been called by Jesus to fish, but Jesus had called them to be
fishers of men, to fish for people!
Jesus
didn't get on to them when he found them fishing for fish instead of
men, but He did use the occasion to drive home one last lesson –
“one last lesson on obedience”.
After
this encounter with Jesus, and after Jesus went back to Heaven, and
after the disciples were filled with God's Holy Spirit at Pentecost,
we never read about the disciples fishing for fish again.
No,
they were way too busy fishing for men.
No
matter who we are, no matter what we do for a living, no matter what
we do for a hobby, doesn't matter whether we are in good health or
bad, if we are a followers of Jesus Christ then our main calling is
to be fishers of men.
Who
is going to be in Heaven because of me?
Who
is going to be in Heaven because of you?
The
main thing always needs to be the main thing! You and I are called to
tell people about our Jesus!
Matthew
4:19
19 Jesus
called out to them, “Come, follow me, and I will
show you how to fish for people!”
Acts
2:40-41
Then Peter
continued preaching for a long time, strongly urging all his
listeners, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation!” Those
who believed what Peter said were baptized and added to the church
that day—about 3,000 in all.
Application
I
will look for someone to talk to about Jesus. How about you?
Who
will be in Heaven because of us?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, I haven't been fishing, fishing for fish, for a long time and
that is okay, because I get to fish for people every week! Help me to
keep the main the main thing in my life. It is so easy for me to get
sidetracked. Give me opportunities to be a witness for You. Don't let
me miss a chance to tell someone about Jesus.
I
pray for anyone that may be reading this blog today. If they have not
yet trusted in Jesus for his or her salvation then open up their
spiritual eyes and help them to do that today. For someone that is
already a believer I pray that You give them courage to be a bold
witness for You.
Daily
Bible Reading: Jeremiah 45,46,47; Psalms 105; John 21
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