peace . love . joy

'But when the day was now breaking, Jesus stood on the beach; yet the disciples did not know it was Jesus...Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!"'

~ John 21: 4,7

Jesus appears to them under the same conditions and situations when He first called them.

Though at first they did not recognise Him (perhaps it was the soft but piercing flickers of the first sun rays on the constantly rippling waters of the sea that blurred their vision, or perhaps they were just too emotionally drained to look again at the figure on the shore), they did just 3 verses of Jesus' enquiry & instruction later.

What about you?

What if you were there, 2000 or so years ago, on a simple wooden fisherman's boat, riding the lapping waves. A slight sea breeze ruffles your hair, the brilliant sun rises in the East, but all these you barely notice for the one whom you thought would save all, the one whom you had shared a room with, a meal with, a walk with, had died on the Cross on Golgotha.

Suddenly a lone figure on the shore about a hundred yards away calls out, "Friends, haven't you any fish?"

You realise you are not alone out there. There is someone on the shore watching you and initiating contact with you.

Do you realise that that someone who is calling out to you is Jesus?

Do you realise that He is there, closer than you think, now, every moment of your life watching you? Listening to you? Seeing your thoughts?

Does that mean anything to you?

God's eyes are always trained on you.

But it's up to you how you'd respond to that.