Read: John 21:1-14

Children, do you have any fish? (v. 5)

“Children, do you have any fish?” I think a lot of us, like the disciples, would answer: “No. I’ve been fishing all night, but I don’t have anything to show for it.” Some of us have been plodding along in our jobs, year after year, with no sense of reward, and no feeling that we are getting anywhere, or getting anything, except a paycheck. Some of us have been coming up with empty nets in our personal relationships, or in our spiritual efforts. “Children, do you have any fish?” No.

“Cast your net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” Whatever side we’ve been fishing on, Jesus invites us to try the other side. Which is what the disciples do, and they are swamped with fish. It’s a miracle!

Try the other side of the boat. Try something else, something new, something different. I know it sounds naive to say that if you just do something different, your life will be changed. But if you think you can keep doing what you’ve always done, the way you’ve always done it, and that somehow, magically, the results will different—well, now who’s being naive?

If you are living an unfulfilled life, doing what you do because you can’t imagine doing anything else, throwing out your nets and then hauling them back empty, stop doing that. Try the other side, and see if God does not fill your net with such abundance you can hardly haul it in.

Prayer:

Lord, increase my trust in you.

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