Last Sunday in the absence of our Corps Officer, pastor, we did the meeting at William Booth Corps. I spoke on the subject "Getting back on track" referring to Peter and his conversation with Jesus on the beach.
Peter and his fishermen friends were back to fishing, back to their boats and their nets. The wheel of events had turned full circle in the space of three years. They were fishermen whom Jesus called to be fishers of men. Now they were back to being fishermen, but their effort met with failure. After a night's hard work, they caught nothing - empty nets and empty life.
That's when they encountered Jesus on the beach. At His command, they threw the nets on the right side of the boat and caught a large number of fish - 153 to be exact. Through the years there have been those who tried to interpret the significance of that number. I'm not interested in mathematical gymnastics as it serves no purpose.
The atmosphere changed when they recognised Jesus. They then had breakfast on the beach. Breakfast over we read of an interesting conversation between Jesus and Peter. It was not about making plans for the future of the church, nor about mission or church buildings, or fund raising, but about the relationship of love. Love must take priority in all relationships. That's basic. Jesus wanted to get Peter back on track.
The message was divided into three sections:
1 Back on track to loving Jesus
2.Back on track to living for Jesus.
3 Back on track to labouring for Jesus
Aren't we glad His grace is always sufficient to meet all our needs? We believe in the gospel of the second chance. Failures are not final. We can always begin again.
We thank God for the privilege of sharing the word with our people. To God be the glory.
Hi Commissioner Lim, Thank you for blogging about what you preached this sunday.
ReplyDeleteI was not in the country and couldn't attend service.
See you this sunday :)