Divine Guidance

There are times in life that the pressures of life make you just want to get away for a bit.

Want to take a vacation .

Wish you could just escape.

I remember a season in my life their was so much pressure, and trouble that for me to go to sleep I would have to find a happy place in my mind, I would lay in bed and begin to take my self far away.

I would go fishing, I would picture myself in a stream of water out in nature fly-fishing, or at a lake with the family putting out trout lines catching big catfish.

If you find yourself in that situation you are not alone.

The disciples found themselves in the same position.

Peter A man that would deny knowing Christ but yet Jesus said upon this rock I shall build my church. Jesus changed his name to Cephas meaning Rock.

Jesus changed his name,

his identity,

took a man that society would call ordinary

not the smartest , strongest, wealthiest

a piece of clay just like you and me.

Probably not the best smelling either

I don’t know if you have ever been around a fisherman but they don’t smell like

Old Spice of Aqua De Gio.

And Jesus built his church and “used” him to change the world.

John 21:3 KJV

Simon Peter saith to them I go a fishing. They saith to him, we also go with the. They went forth , and entered into a ship immediately, and that night they caught nothing.

“Fruitless work"

I used to joke around about going fishing and not even putting a hook or bait just sit there with the line in the water.

John 21:4 KJV

But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.

Limited Vision/Christ Unknown

The disciples didn’t know it was Jesus

Maybe they were to far away that they couldn’t see Jesus clearly.

Maybe it was overcast, foggy.

Maybe Jesus was just standing there watching and waiting, to reveal himself the whole time

There is times we lack vision or insight. We cant see what God is doing.

John 21:5 KJV

Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No.

We often times go to what we have done in the past that worked and this time it just doesn’t work for us.

Im sure after fishing all night they were tired

They were hungry

Discouraged and frustrated

They were once fisherman and now they cant even catch a fish 1single fish

At the boat dock

people there asking did you catch anything?

No

Nothing

No mot even 1 fish not even a bite.

Do you have any meat?

No

John 21:6 KJV

And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes

Divine Direction

They couldn’t see him but they could hear him.

After they heard him they obeyed him.

We see a super abundance blessing not just a little but a super abundant blessing. So much they needed help

John 21:7 KJV

Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.

Bible says Faith comes from hearing and hearing the word of God

The closeness of that one disciple to Jesus brought a revelation that

it is the Lord"

Brought faith, reassurance to jump out of the boat into the sea and go

His past experience brought him to a place to know that this time was different .

It is going to be different.

He didn’t try to walk on the water he just jumped in!

John 21:8 KJV

And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes

Help is on the way.

John 21:9 KJV

As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread

Divine preparation

When they couldn’t see him he was working

getting everything ready

setting it up

prepared and ready for the feast

Meat was ready

the bread was ready

the camp fire was ready

Ready before they got there

John 21:10-11 KJV

Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught

Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken