"Children, Do You Have Any Fish?"

 I am reading through the book of John. I read Chapter 21, and verse 5 caught my eyes and my heart. Jesus had risen from the dead, and he is revealing himself to his disciples those closest to him, as they are out fishing. They hadn't caught anything, Jesus stood on the shore. They don't recognize Jesus. Jesus shouts out to them verse 5 "Children do you have any fish?"

I can just hear them say. "Nope".
Then Jesus says "casts your net on the other side and you will find some."

They cast their nets, and start pulling, there are so many fish that they can't pull up the net. It was then that they realize who this man is. Jesus says "bring me some of the fish that you have caught. Come and have breakfast".

It made tears come to my eye's because I felt at that moment I needed share something my heart felt.
How many times do we "cast our nets out" into life and it comes up empty? That disappointment feeling. Whatever your fishing for in life and you just keep coming up empty handed. So you cast the net out again in the same spot hoping that maybe this time it will be different.
That tender voice, that says "Children do you have any fish?"

Some times we loose sight of what God wants for our lives, and this was me this week, fighting to find purpose in the chaos of life. And Jesus spoke into my heart today with these questions Where am I casting my nets? What am I trying to catch? Who will I share my catch with?

Casting a net into the world looking for something in the world that could bring me peace is hopeless. Let's face it the world and blunders and false hope, filled with disappointment, anger, frustration. What if I cast my net where Jesus wants me to cast it with the intent to let God do the finding of the fish? He is God after all isn't He. His understanding and plan for me, is far beyond my comprehension. My job is it simply cast my net according to his word, and start pulling, because God will provide. God desires me to share with him, the fruits of my life, the very gifts he has given me and to come and have breakfast with him. To spend time with him. I know in my deepest parts of my heart I am loved, I am a child of the Lord most high. Where Am I going to cast my net today?

"I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world." John 16:33