Children, you have no fish, have you? (John 21:5)

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The resurrected Jesus appeared to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias. It seems the fishermen disciples took the others and themselves for an evening fishing excursion. They caught nothing. As Jesus appears to them He calls out this question: Children, you have no fish, have you?

It's one of those questions that gets asked and the person asking already knows the answer. Many will remember your mother or father asking a question to which they already knew the answer and our response would probably define the reaction we would get from them.

Jesus still knows our situation. He may ask the same type of question of our ministry or behavior, or lack of ministry; and He knows the answer. We should know to do all we can to change the answer. In this situation, Jesus offered the solution: Try it another way. And their obedience to that changed the results. We have to listen to Christ. We may be denying ourselves a boatload of blessings!

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