MEN GONE FISHING

THE SEA OF GALILEE, ISRAEL, June 2007

By Kelvin E. Morales

June 13, 2013

 

Viewing this picture from my first and only trip to Israel brought back peaceful and joyful memories. The one thing that I enjoyed most was how my mind would recall passages of scripture related to the site we were visiting.  

One morning in the city of Tiberias I walked to the western shore of the Sea of Galilee and took this picture of the sun rising over Galilee. I remembered the passage where Yeshua/Jesus called John and Peter to follow him and how they dropped what they were doing and followed him (Mark 1:16-18). Another time after teaching the multitude, Jesus with his disciples crossed the sea of Galilee. While crossing the sea He fell asleep and there came a great storm. His disciples had great fear and thought they would perish. They woke Jesus up and He spoke to the storm and everything grew still and his disciples marveled that He had power over the storm (Mark 4:35-41). On another occasion Peter ask Jesus if he could come to him? Jesus was walking on water (Matthew 14:22-33). All these passages can provoke a great impact in ones life.

The one passage that always has left a strong impression upon me, takes place after Yeshua has risen from the grave. Peter, John and the other disciples return to fishing. One early morning Jesus calls from the Galilean shore and asks them, how’s the fishing? They respond in the negative, and Jesus tells them to cast the net over the other side of their boat and they do, suddenly they have so much fish the nets begin to tear; at that moment Peter recognizes who it is that is standing on the shore line. He simply jumps into the water and swims to shore finding Jesus with breakfast served (John 21:1-25). Peter is standing in front of the one whom he recently denied three times and still the Lord Jesus invites him to follow and serve when He tells him to “feed my sheep“. Total forgiveness!