Wednesday, October 16, 2002

 

Dear Family:

 

I have written to you before of the master chef and the big fish story. At each of those writings I thought I had exhausted these verses but not so. We never seem to be able to exhaust the word. That is why God's word is so alive, up to date, inexhaustible.

John 21:9-14 As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught. Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken. Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise. This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead. (KJV)

Not only did Christ perform the miracle of filling the nets with a big catch, He prevented the nets from breaking. He prepared fish and bread for breakfast and said, "Come and dine". This invitation is given to us moment by moment and day by day to come be filled with His spirit, surrounded by His love and supported by His strength. He told the woman at the well she would never thirst again and his disciples that those who came to him would never hunger. How wonderful this promise. Strangely, however, I have found the more I dine with him the more hungry to be fed I become. We say grace before we eat our meals. Today grace has a new meaning for me. While it is my physical body consuming the food, it is my spiritual body which most needs the filling.  It  is my spiritual body which needs the nourishment to be healthy.

 

I think Christ wanted to give us an example and picture of just exactly what we need to start the day. "Come and dine." He is inviting us to come and meet with him to get refreshment for the day ahead. He is inviting us to come and be filled with his spirit for meeting all of life's situations which I face today. If you have not set aside a time and place to meet and dine with this one who is the source of life and strength, put him to the test today and simply open your bible to the first chapter of John and ask Christ to come visit you there and dine with you. Ask him to show himself to you and fill you with his spirit for the day. Then tonight stop and meet him again and thank him for the catch of the day which did not break your nets.

 

Love Ya,

 

Dad Dad2 and Chuck

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