Baseball legend Yogi Berra is known for his oft-repeated quips like, “It ain’t over till it’s over” and “It’s like déjà vu all over again!”
I wonder if the disciples felt déjà vu when they saw Jesus standing by the shore (John 21). Discouraged and distracted by their own needs in the shadow of Peter’s denial and their desertion of Jesus, they had abandoned their calling to follow Jesus and returned to their previous occupation—fishing.
Then, after a fruitless night of fishing, a voice from the shore called out, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some” (John 21:6). When they did, the nets were so full that they couldn’t be dragged in. No doubt their minds raced back to their first encounter with Jesus—when He showed up on the shore of their careers and, after another miraculous catch of fish, called them to leave their nets and follow Him (Luke 5:1-11).
Like the disciples, we may want to return to our own agendas when we get discouraged in our walk with Jesus. But then Jesus shows up again on the shore of our lives to extend forgiveness and to draw us back to those moments when He first called us.
It’s like déjà vu all over again!
AMEN SISTER AND GRACE TO ALL CHRISTIAN PATRIOTS!
“Let Israel rejoice in him.”
- Psalm 149:2
Be glad of heart, O believer, but take care that thy gladness has its
spring in the Lord. Thou hast much cause for gladness in thy God, for thou
canst sing with David, “God, my exceeding joy.” Be glad that the Lord
reigneth, that Jehovah is King! Rejoice that he sits upon the throne, and
ruleth all things! Every attribute of God should become a fresh ray in
the sunlight of our gladness. That he is wise should make us glad, knowing
as we do our own foolishness. That he is mighty, should cause us to
rejoice who tremble at our weakness. That he is everlasting, should always
be a theme of joy when we know that we wither as the grass. That he is
unchanging, should perpetually yield us a song, since we change every
hour. That he is full of grace, that he is overflowing with it, and that
this grace in covenant he has given to us; that it is ours to cleanse us,
ours to keep us, ours to sanctify us, ours to perfect us, ours to bring us
to glory-all this should tend to make us glad in him. This gladness in God
is as a deep river; we have only as yet touched its brink, we know a
little of its clear sweet, heavenly streams, but onward the depth is
greater, and the current more impetuous in its joy. The Christian feels
that he may delight himself not only in what God is, but also in all that
God has done in the past. The Psalms show us that God’s people in olden
times were wont to think much of God’s actions, and to have a song
concerning each of them. So let God’s people now rehearse the deeds of the
Lord! Let them tell of his mighty acts, and “sing unto the Lord, for he
hath triumphed gloriously.
“ Nor let them ever cease to sing, for as new mercies flow to them day by
day, so should their gladness in the Lord’s loving acts in providence and
in grace show itself in continued thanksgiving.
Be glad ye children of Zion and rejoice in the Lord your God.
C.H.SPURGEON
SOLI DEO GLORIA!
Amen to your prayer,tajgirvan! Lord, please protect and sustain our troops in these days.
God Bless Our Heroes!!
I join in prayer for our heroes!