May I please for today share a YouTube with you for your edification?
Perhaps you will find the history shared of interest; perhaps you will learn of events and happenings for the first time as did I.
And perhaps you will see this ancient story is here with us still in replay.
I thought I’d remind you of something you likely already know but perhaps have not thought about in a while.
The TEXT I’m offering here for you to read is John 21:1-14.
If you read the account or if you recall, this happening took place after Yeshua’s resurrection. And it is the third time He appeared to the Disciples after that most wonderful Sunday morning in all of history.
Peter decided to go fishing and some of the guys decided to accompany him. They fished all night and caught nothing. Then morning came and Someone was on the beach.
Verse 7 says John recognized the Someone on the Beach. He said, ” It is the LORD!”
I think he recognized Him because when they cast the net at His command, they got a multitude of fish.
That was not the first time He had given them those instructions. (Luke 5:4-7)
And now to the reminder, I want to give you for consideration today.
When they got to the shore breakfast was cooking.
Bread and Fish.
9 Then, as soon as they had come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid on it, and bread. source
THE LORD HIMSELF was cooking breakfast for them.
The BREAD of LIFE baked bread for them!
Now just ponder on that. The resurrected GODMAN cooked breakfast for them. Not supernaturally but naturally. Campfire and all.
But that’s not all.
12 Jesus said to them, “Come and eat breakfast.” Yet none of the disciples dared ask Him, “Who are You?”—knowing that it was the Lord.
13 Jesus then came and took the bread and gave it to them, and likewise the fish. source
GOD Almighty cooked breakfast and served them!
What might He want to serve to YOU today?
The question is, will you dine with Him?
Admittedly, it’s my opinion, an opinion born of observation.
The Church (by that I mean people as a whole professing to be Christians) has forgotten we have a real enemy.
The church at large, for a way long time now, conducts business as though Satan is dead or at the most just a little cartoon character with neither power nor gumption to pay us any mind.
How about this?
1 Peter 5:8 (NKJV) 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. source
Or this one?
John 10:10 (NKJV) 10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. source
And this one?
Job 2:7 (NKJV) 7 So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. source
Does this sound like someone we should just ignore, pretend he does not exist?
Let’s look at another one.
Mark 4:15 (NKJV) 15 And these are the ones by the wayside where the word is sown. When they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts. source
Shall we ignore this? If we do, he is well at work just as described in Mark 4:15.
Am I suggesting we live in mortal fear of him? Hiding in our homes refusing to venture out, afraid to open our mouths?
Nope. Just cultivate a healthy respect for a deadly enemy and a passion to abide in an intimate fellowship with our Father Who can right today send him cowering in mortal fear and eventually to the Lake of Fire forever.
Here. Read this from Revelation 20 and have a delightful day!
Revelation 20:1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2 He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;
3 and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while. source
7 Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison
8 and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea.
9 They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them.
10 The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. source
How’s that for encouragement?
