John 21:7-9, NRSV updated edition
In life we will have successes and failures. Children of God, however, are in a unique position – a relationship with God through faith in His Son Jesus. Jesus’ disciples had an unsuccessful overnight fishing trip, but morning came. Morning brought light. Jesus was that light that stood on the shore unrecognized for whatever reason. But because the disciples obeyed Jesus’ instructions to cast their net on the right side of the boat, they miraculously caught a haul of fish so great they could not pull it in.
For that reason, John, that disciple whom Jesus loved, recognized who He was. John told Peter, “It is the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he wrapped his fisher’s coat about him, for he had taken it off, and jumped into the sea (v.7). How blessed children of God are! They have faith in God. Children of God recognize and acknowledge that it is the Lord when desires of our hearts have been granted!
John continued his Gospel, telling us that the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from land, only about a hundred yards away (8). Then John wrote that when the disciples had gone ashore, they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish on it, and bread (v.9). Out by the water it appeared that Jesus was providing breakfast for His disciples who had toiled all night and caught no fish.
Lift your voice and give God glory!