John 21:1-9 Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee. It happened this way: Simon Peter, Thomas also known as Didymus, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. “I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them, and they said, “We’ll go with you.” So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus. He called out to them, “Friends, haven’t you any fish?”“No,” they answered. He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish. Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, “It is the Lord,” he wrapped his outer garment around him for he had taken it off and jumped into the water. The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish, for they were not far from shore, about a hundred yards. When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals there with fish on it, and some bread.
Jesus had promised to give His life for His friends. He did. He had also promised to rise again. He did. He also had told them He would meet them in Galilee, on their home turf, in their everyday life. Yet they seemed shocked when He kept His word. But when Peter finally gets it, he's all in (literally, in the water.) Jesus has done it again - repeated a miracle, which confirms in their hearts and minds that this is no coincidence, this is no hallucination. Jesus is here, keeping His word. The smell of fish is in the air, and that's a good thing.
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