Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—John 21:1-14
by: Gabrielle Andries.
There are two main challenges that can be taken from this passage: 1) Obedience and 2) Faith. The disciples had been fishing all night with no success. Jesus told them to cast their net on the right side of the boat and they would find fish. Logic says that it would not matter what side of the boat the net was on—if there are no fish, there are no fish. It was not necessarily the side of the boat that the net was on which caused the overflow of fish, but rather Jesus supplying the miraculous catch because of the faith and obedience from the disciples. Are you willing to defy your own reasoning to obey the will of God?