Fishing with Jesus….wouldn’t that be an experience. A couple nights ago my wife, son, and I went fishing. This was the first time this year I had been fishing. A more memorable experience was this was my two year old son’s first EVER fishing trip. He did not do a whole lot of fishing and we did not catch anything, but my son had a great time investigating the waters edge and the woods. I had a great time just being outside sharing that time with my family.
If my family had not been with me that may not have been the case. The trout were rolling in the middle of the small pond but nothing would bite. Of course that is the name of the game when it comes to fishing. I can honestly say I have been fishing and came back empty handed then I have come back with fish in hand. At this point in my life I am fine with that. My son though would find fishing extremely boring as we all did when we were younger. At that point the draw is to catch fish. At my age it is to get outside and do something you enjoy.
We see a story in the Bible found in John chapter 21 a fishing story. Jesus had come upon some of his disciples. Simon Peter said to the people around that they were going out fishing. They did not know that Jesus was standing on the shoreline. The Bible said they fished all that night without catching anything. Verse 5 “He(Jesus) called out to them, “Friends, haven’t you any fish?” There answer was “no”. Verse 6 Jesus says ” Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did this they had so many fish in the net that they were unable to haul the net in. Then Peter realized that this was the Lord standing on the shoreline.
How many times in our lives do we feel as though we need to do something. We need to cast our net of life in a different direction. The way we are heading is not having the results we are searching for. Then we feel that nudge to cast on the other side. We hear within ourselves to do something different. When we do the results are phenomenal. Then we as Peter realize that Jesus is standing on the shoreline guiding us.
