John 21:1-3 Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, the Sea of Galilee. It happened this way: Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus), Nathaniel from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. "I'm going out to fish," Simon Peter told them, and they said, "We'll go with you."

After his denials of Jesus prior to the crucifixion, Peter goes back to fishing. Having failed, Peter goes back to a mediocre, lesser life than God has called him to. There is nothing wrong with fishing for fish, except if God has called you to fish for something greater. After we've failed, too many of us believe in the lie of the enemy that says we are unfit and unworthy of what God had originally called us into, so we go back to a lesser life.

Peter was a lifetime fisherman. Fishing was all that he knew. Even though Jesus invited him into another life, Peter failed Jesus badly. And in light of that he said, "I'm going fishing." He just dove back into something that he felt like he could win at. That's what we often do when we fail. Unless we experience God's freedom, most of us, after sin, will just pinball from distractions and busyness and step away from what God wants to do in our lives. We move into what is comfortable - a slow bleed into a lesser, mediocre life than what God had intended.

In the aftermath of Peter's greatest failure, what does Jesus do? He appears to him on the shore, and He recreates the very first moment that He met Peter. When Jesus meets Peter in Luke 5:1-11, He tells him to go out into deeper water and let down his nets, even though the disciples had worked all night without catching anything. When they obey, they catch so many fish that their nets begin to break. Sound familiar? In John 21, Jesus recreates the same fish miracle to remind Peter that their relationship is still open, and the opportunity is still there for him.
 

 It's the same with you...how does Jesus treat you in your failure? He appears to you and reminds you that the opportunity is still there for you.

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