[Rev. Shibi Varghese]
John 21
Peter walked with Jesus for 3 years. But after the crucifixion of Jesus, he didn’t know what to do. All that he thought he will gain were lost. In this passage, he stands on the shore of Lake Tiberias.
He though was the rock, lost hope. The disciples also followed his actions. Man by default wants to go back. There is a lot of effort needed to go forward, but returning is the easier thing to do. But when Peter went back, he was fishing to live. But earlier, he lived to fish. This is similar to our live. We are doing things to live.
Some of our blessings are causing us to turn away from God. When God gives us a house and children, we turn away from Him saying, “I need to take care of these things given to me”.
When Peter put his nets into the sea, he didn’t get anything. He was fishing since his childhood. He was capable of knowing where to find the fish. But on turning away from God, all his knowledge deserted him.
God will comfort us when we are nothing. There are many times in our lives when we are nothing. We need to respond to His call. When Peter failed in his work, Jesus told him what to do. This time Peter listened to Him. Jesus didn’t ask him to stop fishing. He taught him how to fish. The attitude of a believer should show in what you do.
On doing as Jesus said, he caught much more than he dreamed of. When Jesus confronts us, our lives are reordered. Peter was happy on seeing Jesus. He wasn’t happy because he caught 153 fishes. It was the confrontation with Jesus was what made him happy.
When Peter was so happy, Jesus asked him a small question. “Do you love me?” When He asked Peter this question for the third time, he said “You know everything”. He laid himself bare in front of Jesus. After this there was no looking back in his life. He transformed the lives of 1000s of people.
God doesn’t want to know your past. He wants to know if you are ready to lead your future with Him. We are called to be battle horses in this world, to fight the battle for our Lord.
The decision we take in Christ should be for the betterment of this society. Zaccheaus was ready to return all that he had taken as bribe. He didn’t promise to return just what he got; he instead agreed to return four times. We instead say things about walking with God. But we don’t agree to pay back for our past sins.
We are like the rich man who wanted eternal life. He had a lot. So why not eternal life also? ;-) But he was not ready to leave his things. If you run behind the good things, we can get a lot. Instead we tend to run behind petty things and miss Jesus while doing so.
John 21
Peter walked with Jesus for 3 years. But after the crucifixion of Jesus, he didn’t know what to do. All that he thought he will gain were lost. In this passage, he stands on the shore of Lake Tiberias.
He though was the rock, lost hope. The disciples also followed his actions. Man by default wants to go back. There is a lot of effort needed to go forward, but returning is the easier thing to do. But when Peter went back, he was fishing to live. But earlier, he lived to fish. This is similar to our live. We are doing things to live.
Some of our blessings are causing us to turn away from God. When God gives us a house and children, we turn away from Him saying, “I need to take care of these things given to me”.
When Peter put his nets into the sea, he didn’t get anything. He was fishing since his childhood. He was capable of knowing where to find the fish. But on turning away from God, all his knowledge deserted him.
God will comfort us when we are nothing. There are many times in our lives when we are nothing. We need to respond to His call. When Peter failed in his work, Jesus told him what to do. This time Peter listened to Him. Jesus didn’t ask him to stop fishing. He taught him how to fish. The attitude of a believer should show in what you do.
On doing as Jesus said, he caught much more than he dreamed of. When Jesus confronts us, our lives are reordered. Peter was happy on seeing Jesus. He wasn’t happy because he caught 153 fishes. It was the confrontation with Jesus was what made him happy.
When Peter was so happy, Jesus asked him a small question. “Do you love me?” When He asked Peter this question for the third time, he said “You know everything”. He laid himself bare in front of Jesus. After this there was no looking back in his life. He transformed the lives of 1000s of people.
God doesn’t want to know your past. He wants to know if you are ready to lead your future with Him. We are called to be battle horses in this world, to fight the battle for our Lord.
The decision we take in Christ should be for the betterment of this society. Zaccheaus was ready to return all that he had taken as bribe. He didn’t promise to return just what he got; he instead agreed to return four times. We instead say things about walking with God. But we don’t agree to pay back for our past sins.
We are like the rich man who wanted eternal life. He had a lot. So why not eternal life also? ;-) But he was not ready to leave his things. If you run behind the good things, we can get a lot. Instead we tend to run behind petty things and miss Jesus while doing so.
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