Jesus appeared at the third time to His disciples at the Sea of Tiberius after being raised from the dead (John 21: 1-19).
It was a fruitless night of work; they caught nothing. At dawn, “Jesus was standing on the shore, but the disciples did not realise” that it was Him. The apostles have trouble recognising Him.
Three times Peter had openly denied the Lord, and three times Jesus drew from him the assurance of his love and loyalty. Three times he was restored when he said – “Lord, you know that I love you.”
Jesus gave him another chance to prove himself. Jesus was not looking at Peter’s past. He was looking at what Peter could do for the future. Peter’s failures and his defeat turned into victory, not because of his own initiative, but because of divine intervention.
We may be experiencing some kind of failures in our life but whatever failures, regardless of how many times we have experienced it, Christ is able to turn those failures into victory. Our love for Jesus is able to breakthrough all the failures and roadblocks that come along in our lives.
All who trust in Him can sing today: “I will praise You, Lord, for You have rescued me,” (Ps 30).
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