Bringing in the Multitude

Today I am excited to share another wonderful message of how God works in our lives through the message of the gospel. Christians have been commissioned by the Lord Jesus to share His message of salvation with others. It seems simple, but many lack the boldness to step out and share this most important message with others. Regardless of how they will react, we still must tell them. This is a commandment of our Lord.

I was led to the very passage where Jesus was on the beach waiting to have breakfast with the disciples. Remember, they had gone back to fishing after Jesus had appeared to them following His resurrection. They had fished all night and caught nothing. Then, Jesus appeared to them at the beach. He had some final comments to make before He ascended back to heaven.

Read John 21 in full to review the story. He asked them if they had any food and they replied, "No." Next, He directed them to cast their net on the right side of the boat, and when they did, they were not able to draw in the multitude of fish. It is a wonderful reminder that we are called to be fishers of men.

What impressed me this morning as I read this is that with Jesus living inside of us to guide and direct us, we can be a part of the great harvest of souls in these last days. With Him, all things are possible. When I read about the fish and bread He offered them for their breakfast, I thought about the wedding feast we will one day participate in with Jesus in heaven.

For now, we must step out in faith to bring in the souls (fish) and then we will have a wedding feast with our Lord that is surely beyond our comprehension of how awesome that will be.

When we went out to walk our Jesse this morning, we ran right into a man who needed to hear the gospel. I would like to report that he received it with joy. But he had several misconceptions about Jesus, religion and how to get to heaven by doing good works. After our encounter, we prayed for him to have his eyes opened. At church, we talked about the very subject of taking our God given authority to pray for people, including our families to command satan to take the blinders off their eyes.

As children of God, we have all authority over the devil to pray for people to get healed, and to cast out demons, and to preach the gospel message. We must believe it. We must step out and tell people. They are desperate for this all powerful, lifesaving message. So, for now, the "fishing" as we co-labor with Jesus. Later, the feast with Jesus. How awesome! Let's remember who we are in Christ, and that with Him, we can do all things.

John 21:6-13

And He said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast, and now they were not able to draw it in because of the multitude of fish.

Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed it) and plunged into the sea. But the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from land, but about two hundred cubits), dragging the net with fish. Then, as soon as they had come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid on it, and bread. Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish which you have just caught.”

Simon Peter went up and dragged the net to land, full of large fish, one hundred and fifty-three; and although there were so many, the net was not broken. Jesus said to them, “Come and eat breakfast.” Yet none of the disciples dared ask Him, “Who are You?”—knowing that it was the Lord. Jesus then came and took the bread and gave it to them, and likewise the fish.

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Denny & Hanny Stearns

Fish N Loaves Ministries, Inc.

Multiplying God's Word around the globe!