by Jesse Abel
Psalm 119-49-56 – Have you ever thought of God's Word to you as a Covenant? This Psalmist did! Here he calls on the LORD to recall His Word to His servant in that all of his hope in resting on the absolute promises of God. There are many promises in the Word of God, and not one will ever fail. Failure comes out of the heart of those who have no hope!
After the death and resurrection of the LORD Jesus, his disciples went back to their trades as fishermen. Most of us learn to be good at what we do and find fulfillment or satisfaction with a task at hand. Even in the midst of mourning and suffering, work helps to restore normality to life, so we give thanks to God that He has given us purpose in life. Thus practical wisdom is not only important but needed to keep us from depression of life; Ecclesiastes 7:1-14.
The sailors in a small boat are well seasoned, but they did not catch one fish that night and as morning broke they noticed a man on the beach whom they could not readily identify until that Man spoke. Life is distracting when the heart is heavy and added depression moves in when the efforts to move forward fail.
If we were to stop here, we might be satisfied as some with saying; “that’s life” or “that is just the way it is; grow up and get on with it” yet in every circumstance of life, God is there to rescue the moment, do not throw in the towel as these disciples were thinking of doing. They had returned to the basics of life, scantly attired and although the scripture does not record, their conversation no doubt was returning to that of the sailor’s jargon.
Can you grab the moment when the disciple John said to Peter; “It is the LORD!” O my! What a joy to be hit with; it must be like the joy of knowing that when fellowship is restored to the sinner who acknowledges his or her sin and the Holy Spirit says; “Hi, I’ve missed talking with you”.
Then, we go through those moments of loving discipline when the LORD says through His Spirit. Saint; do you love me more that your work? Saint, do you love me? And thirdly; Saint, do you really love me? Yes, yes, yes LORD; I love You; You know I love You and His response is… “Feed my Sheep!”
There is so very much more in John 21:1-19, but I felt that we needed this little challenge today, I know that I do; it is so easy to look inward to self and think that we are the only ones going through the task of living. That simply is Satan’s lie to move us away from our LORD. Notice that later in the life of these apostles they say the following.
We were eyewitnesses of His Glory… 2 Peter 1:16-21
We have seen and bear and declare witness… 1 John 1:1-4.
Good Morning
After the death and resurrection of the LORD Jesus, his disciples went back to their trades as fishermen. Most of us learn to be good at what we do and find fulfillment or satisfaction with a task at hand. Even in the midst of mourning and suffering, work helps to restore normality to life, so we give thanks to God that He has given us purpose in life. Thus practical wisdom is not only important but needed to keep us from depression of life; Ecclesiastes 7:1-14.
The sailors in a small boat are well seasoned, but they did not catch one fish that night and as morning broke they noticed a man on the beach whom they could not readily identify until that Man spoke. Life is distracting when the heart is heavy and added depression moves in when the efforts to move forward fail.
If we were to stop here, we might be satisfied as some with saying; “that’s life” or “that is just the way it is; grow up and get on with it” yet in every circumstance of life, God is there to rescue the moment, do not throw in the towel as these disciples were thinking of doing. They had returned to the basics of life, scantly attired and although the scripture does not record, their conversation no doubt was returning to that of the sailor’s jargon.
Can you grab the moment when the disciple John said to Peter; “It is the LORD!” O my! What a joy to be hit with; it must be like the joy of knowing that when fellowship is restored to the sinner who acknowledges his or her sin and the Holy Spirit says; “Hi, I’ve missed talking with you”.
Then, we go through those moments of loving discipline when the LORD says through His Spirit. Saint; do you love me more that your work? Saint, do you love me? And thirdly; Saint, do you really love me? Yes, yes, yes LORD; I love You; You know I love You and His response is… “Feed my Sheep!”
There is so very much more in John 21:1-19, but I felt that we needed this little challenge today, I know that I do; it is so easy to look inward to self and think that we are the only ones going through the task of living. That simply is Satan’s lie to move us away from our LORD. Notice that later in the life of these apostles they say the following.
We were eyewitnesses of His Glory… 2 Peter 1:16-21
We have seen and bear and declare witness… 1 John 1:1-4.
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