Tuesday after a three day weekend. For many of us, we are back in our routine. We woke to the alarm and need to head off to work. Our general consensus is, our weekend, though one day longer this time, was still too short.
Peter had taken about three years off his work as a fisherman to travel with Jesus. He had been through all the miracles, the death, the burial, and finally had seen the risen Lord.
But now life seemed to return to routine and normalcy, and he decided to go back to work. Peter tried to re-enter his old life.
"Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymu), Nathanael 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." So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.
Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it waas Jesus.
He called out to them, "Friends, haven't you any fish?"
"No," they answered.
He said, "Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some." When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.
Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, "It is the Lord," he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water." John 21:2-7 (NIV)
Peter tried to go back to the old routine, fished all night and caught nothing. But Jesus reminds him that he is in his life now, and that his life has changed forever.
Peter's day turns from dull routine to the excitement that causes him to leap from the boat just to be near Jesus again.
After Jesus Christ comes into our lives, there is no going back to life as we know it. He changes things, and nothing will ever be the same again.
