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!
