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John 21:³“Simon Peter said, “I’m going fishing.” “We’ll come, too,” they all said. So they went out in the boat, but they caught nothing all night.” (emphasis added)

This was after the resurrection of Jesus. Jesus had shown Himself to the disciples twice before now. But things were not like they were when Jesus was with them physically. After the resurrection, Jesus would just show up and then go. It was like Jesus was having Zoom meetings or video teachings with them. The disciples were probably saying amongst themselves, This thing is not like when Jesus was here in the flesh. Then Peter said, “Guys, I am going fishing”. There is a Yoruba proverb that says, if we cannot go forward, at least we can go backward. But you will never go backwards in the Name of Jesus. For some of you reading this, you think that God has brought you this far to take you backwards. No!

God will restore your purpose in the Name of Jesus. With God, it is forward ever. Proverbs 4:¹⁸ “But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.” (KJV). Your path will shine brighter and brighter. Back to the story, Peter said, “I am going fishing”. He spoke for himself. Peter did not say, “Guys, you’d better come with me and let’s go fishing.” However, everyone said they would tag along. God has made you influential that when you move in a direction, people follow you. So, you have to be careful that you move in the direction that God wants you to move to, otherwise, you can derail people. You will only move in the right direction in the Name of Jesus.

And they went at night because they are professional fishermen. They know where to go and the time to fish, but guess what? They caught nothing! The Bible says in John 21:^4-5 “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.” (emphasis added). It was just a hundred yards from the shore, but they could not see Jesus, maybe because there was a fog. Jesus called out to them, but they still could not recognize His voice. Sometimes, God is speaking to you and not only don’t you recognize Him, but you also don’t recognize His voice. So, Jesus needed to do something that would bring about the connection.

Sometimes, when God shows up to you, and you don’t get it. He speaks to you, and you still don’t get it. He then needs to jog your memory. God has done this for me many times; He jogged my memory, and I realized it was the Lord, and I understood what he was saying to me.

Prayer: Father, please fill me with the wisdom and understanding that I require to steward aright my God-given influence, in the Mighty Name of Jesus. Amen!