Have You Been Fishing?

Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together. Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We will also come with you." They went out and got into the boat; and that night they caught nothing. John 21:2-3 

The fishermen that Jesus recruited at the beginning of His ministry were Simon Peter, his brother Andrew, the sons of Zebedee, James and John. Now we have seven disciples, three of whom were the original fishermen, going fishing. Did Thomas, Nathanael and the two unnamed disciples know how to fish? Probably. Fishing was a common practice—lots of people fished then…and now. Simon Peter decided to go back to fishing and his friends came along. It must have been a good sized boat to hold the seven men while they were casting their nets to catch fish. But they caught nothing. Nada. Not one fish. How disappointing. How often have you gone fishing and not caught anything? 

RSVP:  Jesus saw Simon Peter and the disciples going back to their old profession—fishing. They didn’t catch anything. He’s asking what you’ve caught for Him lately. How will you respond to Him today?  

Prayer ~ Jesus, help me, my family and friends to catch something for You—to catch someone—as fishers of men.

© 2014 by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.

All scripture quoted from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) unless otherwise noted.