Be Still And Know

READ: John 21.4-6 NLT At dawn Jesus was standing on the beach, but the disciples couldn’t see who he was. He called out, “Fellows, have you caught any fish?” “No,” they replied. Then he said, “Throw out your net on the right-hand side of the boat, and you’ll get some!” So they did, and they couldn’t haul in the net because there were so many fish in it. I was brought up by the sea and so it isn’t surprising that I started fishing when I was a boy. We always set out with huge expectations of what we would catch. If you have ever gone fishing you will know that, whenever someone walks by you, they are bound to ask, “Have you caught anything?” It’s the obvious question and the last thing that you want to admit is that you have caught nothing. You feel a complete failure. Jesus asked the predictable question although it seems, at first, that they didn’t recognise him. He then advised them to cast their nets on the right side of the boat. Another thing you need to know about people who walk by you when you are fis