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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Now, we get an epilogue of sorts, but don't give up on it. It's a really important and poignant

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 epilogue. As in all the other Gospels, John ends his by telling us about Jesus' sending of his

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 disciples on his mission. John 21 is about one really significant day that Jesus appears to his

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 disciples and three separate interactions the next three weeks, especially with Peter,

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 that are powerfully encouraging to us as we live with and for the risen Jesus. Jesus himself and

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 an angel have told them that he will meet them in Galilee, so they're back home and they're waiting

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 to see Jesus when we read of this morning in John 21, starting at verse 1.

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 After this, Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias,

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 and he revealed himself in this way. Simon Peter, Thomas called the twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee,

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 the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together, and Simon Peter said to them,

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 I am going fishing. They said to him, we will go with you. They went out and got into the boat,

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 but that night they caught nothing. Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore, yet the

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 disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them, children, do you have any fish?

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 They answered him, no. He said to them, cast the net on the right side of the boat and you'll find some.

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 So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in because of the quantity of fish.

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 That disciple whom Jesus loved therefore said to Peter, it is the Lord. When Simon Peter heard that

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 it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment, for he was stripped for work, and threw himself into the

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 sea. And the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not

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 far from the land, but about a hundred yards off. When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire

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 in place with fish laid out on it and bread. Jesus said to them, bring some of the fish that you have

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 just caught. So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore full of large fish, 153 of them.

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 And although there were so many, the net was not torn. Jesus said to them, come and have breakfast.

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 Now none of the disciples dared ask him, who are you? They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came and took

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 the bread and gave it to them, and so with the fish. This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed

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 to the disciples after he was raised from the dead. This is God's word. Let's pray and ask for his help.

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 Jesus, thank you for revealing yourself to your followers. That's what we need this morning.

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 We need to see you. We need to live with you today. So would you, by your spirit, through your word,

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 would you show us yourself that we might see you clearly, Jesus? We ask it in your name. Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Waiting on Jesus can be really hard. Maybe you can see yourself in the stories of one of these only

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 somewhat fictional Southwood members just this week. The names are made up, but the stories are

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 mostly real. Maggie rushed out into the living room a few minutes behind Tuesday morning. She was

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 balancing her coffee, her purse, and her lunch when she noticed the same toys as yesterday strewn

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 across the floor. Couldn't the kids listen just once and help out a little? Didn't they understand all

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 their mother did for them all on her own? No time to deal with it now? She has to get to school and teach.

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 The end of the year is in sight, but she can tell she's losing zeal for the kids she used to feel

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 God sent her to love. Now she just wants to get to the end of the year. She was so encouraged on Easter.

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 Jesus is alive. Everything is changing, but that seems in the past already. Where is Jesus?

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 No time to think. Her phone pings with a text from a woman in her grace group.

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 The text reads, Maggie, I'm praying for you this morning. You're a great mom, and your heart for

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 your kids shows me Jesus's love regularly. I hope you'll take a minute this morning to see Jesus's

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 love for you. He is with you always. But Maggie doesn't get it. She doesn't even have a minute

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 to pull out her phone and read the text. Off to get through another day.

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 Sammy woke up exhausted Tuesday morning after studying late into the night for his first AP exam.

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 Is studying all he gets to do anymore? He was so excited on Easter about Jesus being with him as he

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 went to tell his friends and his classmates about Jesus, just like Mary did. It was all he could think

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 about for a couple of days. But then exams were coming, and you had to do well or the rest of your life

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 could be ruined. He hadn't even made Bible study himself this morning, much less invited anyone

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 else to come with him. Now, where was Jesus anyway? He didn't seem to help much with chemistry.

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 I've got to crush this test and be ready for the meat this afternoon. Otherwise, how will I afford to

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 go to college next year and get a girl to like me and make enough money to feel good about myself?

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 Is that what I'm really living for? Well, no time to think now. I've got to take that exam.

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 Robbie drove through the Arsenal gate Tuesday morning. Last story, I promise.

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 Into the same parking spot, walked to the same building, and sat at the same desk as he has

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 every day for the past 12 years. But this day feels different. At 9.30 meeting, he got the email

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 about last night feels ominous. He's afraid. If they told him he seemed overwhelmed at work lately,

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 he couldn't disagree. But what's really eating at him is he feels he's neglecting all kinds of people

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 God has called him to love. His wife, his kids, his neighbors. How does anyone manage it all?

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 Easter was going to be the start of a new life with Jesus, but it seems like distant past now.

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 Where is Jesus today? 15 minutes till the meeting. The Bible app's there on his phone. It's a reading

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 today from Psalm 23 about a good shepherd, green pastures, and still waters. But Robbie opens ESPN

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 instead. Maybe this will keep his mind off feeling so stuck. Maybe Auburn signed a 15-year-old quarterback

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 of the future to lead them back to glory since he last checked last night. Guess not.

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 Well, now it's time for the meeting that could mess up everything. At least that would be a change.

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 Waiting on Jesus. We do a lot of waiting, don't we?

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 It reminds us as we do how little we're in control of. So many people don't run on my schedule. It's

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 infuriating, isn't it? It is for me. One of them is Jesus. He has his own timing. He shows up precisely

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 when he means to. But we also avoid waiting. We really don't like it. It's hard to wait when we're

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 used to immediate answers from Google, when we are used to living our lives with instant meals from the

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 microwave, when we are regularly in the habit of finding quick fixes to whatever ails us on YouTube.

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 It's hard. But it's especially hard when we're waiting for new life with Jesus, when we feel stuck and there's

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 something coming, and when we're waiting to live on his mission, and we're just feeling stuck and alone.

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 Jesus' disciples knew that feeling.

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 They have seen the risen Jesus. Yes! They're thrilled. But Jesus doesn't just sweep them away to glory and leave all the

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 problems and struggles of this life behind, does he? Now they've gone home to Galilee at his instruction. This is where he

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 sent them. They're reminded of that by an angel. They're promised he will meet them there. They're back in some of the

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 same places that they were with Jesus. They're in some of the same activities they've been in, even some of the

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 same struggles. Life is not feeling very different, is it?

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 Peter, in particular, is doing what he knows best. Fishing. And several others join him. There's this fishing

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 expedition of disciples. We don't know the motives for this fishing expedition. What we do know is some of our own

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 motives when waiting gets hard for us. They include things like busying ourselves so much in an effort not to get

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 discouraged in the waiting for Jesus that we actually miss Jesus. Distracting ourselves from that hard process of

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 waiting by escaping through substances, through entertainment, through whatever it is that helps

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 me feel just a little better. Or my personal go-to, going to the things we know we can do. What we can handle

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 on our own. I'm going to throw myself into what I'm good at. And for Peter, what's that?

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 Fishing. Fishing. Peter can do fishing. That's something I can handle on my own, right? While I'm waiting for

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 Jesus. Can you feel that struggle? You ever felt like you were waiting for Jesus? Jesus has given these guys

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 a life-changing mission. He's told them that he is sending them into the world. Just as his father sent

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 him into the world. They're being sent on a mission. Is it possible that he is sending them out on their

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 own? No way. He's told them that. And that is what he's coming to remind them in this interaction.

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 And to remind us through them. It's what we need to hear this morning. Now, we're about to jump into the

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 passage itself. Before we do, I try really hard not to spiritualize things that the Bible doesn't tell us

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 to. There are a lot of very practical, physical realities in this story. We need to notice them.

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 But we also can't miss the reality that there's more than meets the eye going on here. This is more

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 than physical. Peter has been in a very similar situation to this before. Does it sound a little

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 bit familiar to you? The same empty nets? The same mysterious guest giving fishing advice?

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 The first time it happened, Jesus called Peter to follow him. And Jesus was saying to become

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 figuratively a fisher of men. That right in the midst of Peter's daily occupation, he would pursue other

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 people with Jesus. There is no way Peter's missing the spiritual implications here as one newly commissioned

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 by Jesus. Jesus sends us into all sorts of places to live for him, including wherever we spend most of

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 our time each day. For most of you, that's not fishing. How will we be successful? Will we be on our own?

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 No way. We dare not settle there. That's important. That's the heart of the first lesson that Jesus teaches

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 his followers then and now. It's the absolute emptiness of relying on ourselves.

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 Jesus is revealing himself in this story. John's very clear what's going on. He's showing us who he is

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 as risen king through our own need. He loves to remind us that we are dependent upon him.

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 The fishermen went fishing and they caught nothing. Not even just a couple little ones that they had to

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 throw back in. Nothing. The same word, by the way, that Jesus uses to tell them in the upper room,

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 apart from me, you can do nothing. Friends, the first step in living dependent upon Jesus is admitting that

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 we're helpless, right? Helpless on our own to do anything that Jesus has called us to do. Love your

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 neighbor. Obey your neighbor. Obey your parents. Repent of your sin. Share the good news. I can't do it all.

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 Not on my own, anyway. No way I can.

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 Listen, you know the reason for that? A big part of that, the reason Jesus calls you to things that you can't do

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 on your own is that Jesus doesn't want you doing life on your own. He doesn't want you living apart from him.

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 He loves you too much for that. That's not the goal to get away from him. It's to be with him.

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 But we so naturally gravitate towards things we think we can handle on our own, don't we?

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 That's why I do a lot of writing and very little roller skating. It's not safe for me. I don't do it.

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 Even the things you know, Peter, in the places you know, with the people you know, they won't yield

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 fruit without Jesus. Though you work hard all night, though you do what you're really good at, it won't

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 bear fruit without Jesus. How should I handle this conflict at work? How should we parent? How should

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 I talk to my neighbors about Jesus? Lesson one is that we easily skip lesson one. And so we often

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 default to what we think we can handle. What if instead we started by asking Jesus for his help?

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 Could we try that? Does that sound like three-year-old Sunday school to you and yet also something you

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 don't do very well? What if we asked for things that were just clearly beyond our ability? What if we

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 were praying to him for revival in our family, in our hearts, in our church, in our city? What if we were

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 asking something so big we knew we couldn't handle it on our own? I hope we are. One of our core

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 commitments as a church is that we recognize our deep dependence and need for prayer.

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 That sounds really good when you write it down, right? We wrote that down. Good for us.

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 But you can write that down and still it's really easy to be in a meeting

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 and trust your own instincts and ideas. It's easy to trust a podcaster over a prayer. It's easy to

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 trust your skills instead of your Savior. If you want your daily life to be spiritually profitable,

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 to see God do exceeding abundantly beyond all that you ask or imagine, it begins with,

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 I need thee every hour. Just start singing that one more often if you struggle with this.

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 Lesson two, the priority of relying on Jesus.

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 Not complicated. See if I can admit that I can't rely on myself, I'm going to need someone to count on.

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 And here's a voice coming from the stranger on the shore who first reminds them that they're empty

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 on their own. And then he says, hey, try the other side. Maybe they hadn't thought of that, right?

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 Maybe there's fish over there.

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 When they try the other side, so many fish that they can't haul them all in, right?

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 This huge, huge gathering of fish and two things happen immediately.

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 John sees clearly.

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 And Peter swims quickly. Both of those things immediately.

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 John was there, see that first time I was talking about three years ago?

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 That Jesus told them where to fish and the nets were flooded with fish.

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 John sees it. He's been there. He sees it is the Lord.

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 And immediately what happens?

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 It is the Lord. And nothing else competes for Peter with the importance of that man out there on the shore.

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 What does Peter do? Exactly what we all would do, right?

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 Just jump out of the boat.

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 Start swimming. It's only 100 yards. Some of us can swim that far.

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 Nothing else matters to Peter but Jesus.

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 It's Jesus.

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 Don't you love that?

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 Do you need a little bit of Peter in you with that?

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 He sees the right priority.

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 Even with the fish.

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 Y'all think about what he's been doing all night.

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 He's been working hard.

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 This is what he's been working for.

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 He's been trying to catch fish.

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 Now all of a sudden they're all over the place.

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 And Peter's like, I don't care.

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 Do whatever you want with the fish.

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 Jesus!

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 He just jumps in the water.

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 Leaves all the fish behind.

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 Listen, never let the mission of Jesus outshine the person of Jesus in your heart, okay?

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 Be like Peter in that.

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 Get such a clear vision of Jesus that you never let the mission that he's called you to,

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 what you're to do for him, outshine the importance of who he is to you, his person for you.

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 It's why our mission here as a church starts with experiencing grace.

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 You've got nothing to express.

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 Nothing that you can do for Jesus until you are seeing Jesus yourself.

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 It has to start there.

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 That's why a naturally self-reliant person like me, there might be one or two others in here,

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 but there's at least one.

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 Naturally self-reliant.

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 I have to start my day being with Jesus before I rush into doing things for Jesus.

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 It's not good for my heart any other way.

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 You not sure what's next for you in life?

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 Are you not seeing the fruit you expected in your labor for Jesus?

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 Jesus, what is it that you are waiting for?

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 See Jesus.

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 He's come here in so many ways today so that you will see him and that you will throw yourself out of the boat.

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 Just go throw yourself out of the boat and rush towards him, forgetting everything else for the moment.

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 What if you saw getting out of bed in the morning as getting out of the boat to rush to Jesus?

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 Just him first.

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 Be closer to him.

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 Be with him.

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 Remember who he is.

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 Get out of the boat.

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 Jesus is here revealing himself to his disciples to assure them that they don't go forward on their own.

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 He doesn't want any of you to think you might jump out of the boat and find yourself with nobody else around.

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 No, Jesus is coming to say, I'm here.

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 I'm still with you.

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 He wants them to see and know his resurrection presence.

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 His resurrection power are with them still and with us.

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 That vision of Jesus here comes in two ways.

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 Two different ways that they see Jesus.

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 First, through his own words.

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 Are you empty on your own?

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 Got any fish?

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 Follow my directions.

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 Do as I say.

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 The word of God speaking directly to them.

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 Have you made space in your life for the word of God?

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 Is there time to hear Jesus' voice?

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 Is listening to Jesus in the Bible a priority for you?

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 Other times, because of our weakness or the pain of waiting or the distance that we're living from Jesus,

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 or perhaps just because of God's beautiful, communal, relational design for us,

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 we need someone else to help us see Jesus.

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 Someone else's words.

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 Here it's John's voice, right?

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 It is the Lord.

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 John's voice helps Peter see.

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 Y'all, there is no more important reason to be in a grace group,

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 in relationships like that,

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 than for you to help others see Jesus,

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 and for others to help you see Jesus.

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 When they can't for the tears.

00:23:57.919 --> 00:24:01.819
 When you can't for the discouragement.

00:24:02.219 --> 00:24:04.959
 When y'all can't for the busyness.

00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:10.199
 We're there for each other to help one another see Jesus and know he's there.

00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:14.980
 Who often helps you see Jesus?

00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:20.039
 Whose words regularly point your heart and your eyes to him?

00:24:20.860 --> 00:24:23.279
 Think of those people right now.

00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:25.259
 Listen to them.

00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:27.740
 Be with them more.

00:24:27.860 --> 00:24:28.960
 Make it a habit.

00:24:29.600 --> 00:24:33.480
 Thank them for helping you and tell them you need it more.

00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:35.200
 Text me more often.

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:38.000
 Please spend more time with me.

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:39.019
 Pray for me.

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:42.779
 Finally, Jesus reveals himself through his word,

00:24:43.539 --> 00:24:45.160
 through his people,

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:47.660
 because he is with you

00:24:47.660 --> 00:24:52.240
 as you seek to follow him into uncharted waters.

00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:55.599
 And finally,

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:59.400
 Jesus wants you to see him for a specific reason.

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:04.660
 He wants you to be assured of the fullness of his provision.

00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:08.019
 We've already seen overflowing nets.

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:11.319
 Yes, Jesus should get credit for those too.

00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:14.279
 But then when they all get to land,

00:25:14.879 --> 00:25:16.700
 it's not really about those nets, is it?

00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:23.220
 Jesus already has fish on the fire and bread ready to eat.

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:26.059
 We're going to come back to the charcoal fire next week.

00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:28.980
 For those of you who are already interested in that,

00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:36.160
 yes, the only other charcoal fire in the New Testament is the one that Peter just denied Jesus beside.

00:25:37.620 --> 00:25:39.680
 Jesus wants to meet Peter there.

00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:41.000
 We'll see that next week.

00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.660
 But first,

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:46.279
 there are already fish.

00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:49.579
 Jesus has you covered.

00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:50.980
 He's got you.

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:53.319
 He knows you need to eat.

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:57.579
 You hungry after working all night?

00:25:58.279 --> 00:26:01.000
 Jesus knows your needs.

00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:04.559
 And notice the mercy in Jesus' words.

00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:08.480
 Even though he has fish already,

00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:09.839
 and they're probably warm,

00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:14.359
 even though he was the only reason that they caught any fish,

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:16.179
 Jesus says,

00:26:16.819 --> 00:26:20.399
 bring some of the fish you have just caught.

00:26:21.399 --> 00:26:22.639
 Isn't that kind?

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:28.840
 As we walk in the works that Jesus has prepared for us to do,

00:26:29.860 --> 00:26:35.759
 as we share of him and his love with family and friends and neighbors,

00:26:36.100 --> 00:26:38.620
 we don't save anyone, do we?

00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:42.500
 Jesus died and rose for their salvation,

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:47.520
 but he gives us the joy of laboring and loving with him.

00:26:47.860 --> 00:26:51.560
 We get the privilege daily if we have seen him first,

00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:54.919
 if we have ourselves been with Jesus,

00:26:55.179 --> 00:26:58.019
 to bring others then to Jesus.

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.720
 What a great joy.

00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:03.159
 Peter has to go help.

00:27:03.639 --> 00:27:07.639
 There's so many fish that no one can do it in his own strength,

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:09.799
 but Jesus can contain them.

00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:10.879
 There's never too many.

00:27:11.879 --> 00:27:13.919
 And he values everyone.

00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:15.500
 Everyone counts.

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:20.119
 Don't try to make 153 mean more than that, please.

00:27:20.119 --> 00:27:22.899
 The point is so many,

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:27.879
 and every one of them precious to Jesus.

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:33.439
 Jesus has indeed made abundant provision

00:27:33.439 --> 00:27:37.959
 so that we and many others may be full.

00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:42.259
 And there's a beautiful invitation.

00:27:42.739 --> 00:27:43.859
 Let me read these two verses

00:27:43.859 --> 00:27:47.319
 and then make two final points as we come to the table.

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 Verse 12,

00:27:50.219 --> 00:27:51.240
 Jesus said to them,

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:53.339
 Come and have breakfast.

00:27:54.439 --> 00:27:56.240
 Now none of the disciples dared ask him,

00:27:56.359 --> 00:27:56.959
 Who are you?

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:58.459
 They knew it was the Lord.

00:27:59.679 --> 00:28:02.759
 Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them,

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:05.439
 and so with the fish.

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:10.920
 Jesus serving those he's called to serve him.

00:28:12.600 --> 00:28:15.960
 First Jesus took bread and gave it to them,

00:28:16.620 --> 00:28:17.660
 and fish.

00:28:18.380 --> 00:28:20.740
 On the shore of the very lake,

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:23.420
 where with these very men,

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:26.799
 he took bread and fish and fed how many?

00:28:27.659 --> 00:28:30.099
 5,000 plus as they watched,

00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:32.119
 and as these men standing here with him now

00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:33.200
 were sent to do what?

00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:36.319
 Pick up 12 basketfuls of leftovers.

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:37.159
 You think they remembered?

00:28:37.899 --> 00:28:39.639
 You think that was a memorable experience?

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:43.000
 And then they listened to him explain,

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:45.700
 He's the bread of life,

00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:48.279
 who will never let you go hungry.

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:50.539
 It's another figurative picture, right?

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:52.379
 There's spiritual food too,

00:28:52.380 --> 00:28:54.020
 not only to fill our stomachs,

00:28:54.060 --> 00:28:56.100
 but our souls will be satisfied.

00:28:56.820 --> 00:28:57.440
 Do you see?

00:28:57.560 --> 00:29:00.580
 Do you hear Jesus revealing himself again to them?

00:29:00.780 --> 00:29:02.780
 There's no way these guys missed it.

00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:05.600
 Back in the same place,

00:29:06.060 --> 00:29:07.700
 with their same needs,

00:29:07.820 --> 00:29:10.060
 and his same abundant grace,

00:29:10.260 --> 00:29:12.020
 I've still got you.

00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:13.940
 There's enough,

00:29:14.460 --> 00:29:17.380
 with more left over for anyone who comes.

00:29:17.800 --> 00:29:18.820
 Full provision.

00:29:19.780 --> 00:29:20.940
 When he's all you have,

00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:23.000
 he's all you'll ever need.

00:29:25.140 --> 00:29:25.820
 And secondly,

00:29:26.019 --> 00:29:27.039
 hear Jesus saying,

00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:29.460
 come and have breakfast.

00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:32.500
 Come eat with me.

00:29:33.380 --> 00:29:33.460
 Right?

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:35.220
 Sharing a meal highlights

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:38.320
 that relational priority, doesn't it?

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:41.880
 You're not just here to do things for me.

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:44.259
 It's not how Jesus feels about you.

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:46.779
 I've sent you on a mission

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:48.880
 to live with me.

00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:50.580
 I'm not sending you out alone.

00:29:51.840 --> 00:29:54.559
 Listen, you need to know this if you're wondering.

00:29:55.080 --> 00:29:56.840
 Jesus has time for you.

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.559
 Today.

00:29:59.820 --> 00:30:00.700
 This week.

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:04.700
 Won't you respond to his invitation

00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:06.120
 to come to him?

00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:07.299
 To share a meal?

00:30:08.320 --> 00:30:10.180
 A personal moment with him?

00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:10.940
 What he'll do?

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:12.460
 He will fill you up.

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.960
 Maybe in ways you don't expect.

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:15.940
 He will fill you with his gracious,

00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:17.039
 full provision.

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:18.460
 And then you'll know

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:20.379
 that it's Jesus who's with you.

00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:22.279
 Maybe you won't be sure until then.

00:30:22.639 --> 00:30:24.099
 But when you sit with him

00:30:24.099 --> 00:30:25.200
 and he fills you up,

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:26.899
 you'll know that only he can do that.

00:30:29.659 --> 00:30:31.339
 One night when my girls were younger,

00:30:31.819 --> 00:30:34.279
 one of them woke up quite scared

00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:35.740
 in the middle of a nightmare.

00:30:36.159 --> 00:30:37.859
 She was waiting for comfort

00:30:37.859 --> 00:30:39.259
 while I stumbled out of bed.

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:41.299
 And I called to her

00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:42.559
 as I was coming to the room.

00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:43.440
 But you know how it is

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:45.200
 in the middle of a dream

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:46.180
 and you don't know what's going on.

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:47.819
 She didn't know if I was good or bad

00:30:47.819 --> 00:30:49.059
 coming into the room.

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:52.900
 And as I got to the side of the bed,

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:54.460
 I squeezed her hand

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:56.299
 the way I often did.

00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:59.639
 And she exhaled

00:30:59.639 --> 00:31:00.779
 and said,

00:31:01.419 --> 00:31:01.960
 Daddy,

00:31:03.659 --> 00:31:05.500
 my words

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.940
 and then especially

00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:09.079
 my actions

00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:11.180
 revealed who I was.

00:31:11.419 --> 00:31:13.159
 That I was with her.

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:15.339
 That she could trust me.

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:15.899
 Right?

00:31:17.659 --> 00:31:18.879
 Notice how much Jesus

00:31:18.879 --> 00:31:20.619
 loves to do that for you.

00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:22.680
 When you're stuck,

00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:24.259
 when you're overwhelmed,

00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:25.400
 when you're waiting

00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:26.799
 for him to show up

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:28.240
 and change your life.

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.539
 Let's be clear,

00:31:29.619 --> 00:31:31.019
 he doesn't always give us

00:31:31.019 --> 00:31:33.299
 the fix that we want.

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:35.259
 But he always gives us himself,

00:31:36.099 --> 00:31:37.259
 which is more than enough.

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:41.039
 This was now the third time

00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:43.839
 that Jesus revealed himself

00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:44.799
 to his disciples

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:46.259
 after his resurrection.

00:31:46.619 --> 00:31:47.500
 That he showed up

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:48.879
 to remind his disciples

00:31:48.879 --> 00:31:50.019
 who he was

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:51.460
 and that he was with them.

00:31:51.619 --> 00:31:53.019
 One would have been enough, right?

00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:53.099
 What?

00:31:53.339 --> 00:31:54.460
 We've seen the Lord.

00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:56.660
 And he keeps showing them.

00:31:56.839 --> 00:31:57.799
 He knows they're gonna need

00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:58.259
 to remember.

00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:59.579
 He knows their faith

00:31:59.579 --> 00:32:00.379
 is gonna struggle.

00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:01.819
 He knows they're weak.

00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:03.680
 And Jesus loves to do this

00:32:03.680 --> 00:32:04.720
 by his words

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:06.400
 and often by his actions

00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:08.720
 in graciously meeting our needs

00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:10.160
 beyond what we deserve

00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:12.220
 to meet us

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:13.700
 and remind us

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:15.160
 to rely on him.

00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:17.460
 That's why he's showing up.

00:32:17.619 --> 00:32:18.639
 To remind us of that.

00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:20.019
 See, Jesus wants us

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:21.379
 to wait for him,

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:21.859
 doesn't he?

00:32:21.859 --> 00:32:23.199
 Rather than despair?

00:32:24.199 --> 00:32:26.079
 Rather than take up his mission

00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:27.579
 in our own hands?

00:32:29.399 --> 00:32:31.599
 Jesus wants us to see him

00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:33.899
 always with us

00:32:33.899 --> 00:32:36.299
 because he made us for himself.

00:32:36.419 --> 00:32:39.059
 He doesn't want us living without him.

00:32:40.399 --> 00:32:42.699
 And he wants us to pursue his mission

00:32:42.699 --> 00:32:45.919
 confidently in his strength.

00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:48.600
 What a gracious God like this

00:32:48.600 --> 00:32:50.860
 inviting us into his presence,

00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:52.840
 filling our nets

00:32:52.840 --> 00:32:54.300
 in spite of our weakness,

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:56.160
 promising to do more

00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:57.820
 than we ask or imagine

00:32:57.820 --> 00:33:00.900
 according to his power at work in us.

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:02.660
 How could we fear

00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:04.340
 when we go to the people

00:33:04.340 --> 00:33:05.440
 and the places

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:07.680
 that he leads us to each day

00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:09.060
 when he sends us

00:33:09.060 --> 00:33:11.519
 and he equips those that he calls

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:12.759
 and he goes with

00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:14.240
 those that he sends.

00:33:15.139 --> 00:33:16.200
 Jesus loves

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:17.639
 to reveal himself

00:33:17.639 --> 00:33:18.779
 in your life

00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:21.480
 so that you rely on him

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:23.440
 even in the waiting.

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.799
 In fact,

00:33:25.859 --> 00:33:26.660
 that's a big part

00:33:26.660 --> 00:33:27.920
 of this supper

00:33:27.920 --> 00:33:29.680
 that he

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:31.240
 sets before us

00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:31.720
 this morning

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:33.519
 that he invites us

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:34.519
 to sit

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:36.160
 and eat with him.

00:33:36.879 --> 00:33:38.000
 He's saying

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.779
 this morning,

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:41.079
 come and have breakfast.

00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:42.940
 Look at my body

00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:43.559
 and blood

00:33:43.559 --> 00:33:45.139
 given for you.

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:47.399
 See me

00:33:47.399 --> 00:33:49.759
 as your sacrificial king.

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:51.940
 See me

00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:52.379
 as your

00:33:52.379 --> 00:33:53.899
 gracious savior

00:33:53.899 --> 00:33:55.200
 who provides

00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:56.299
 for you personally

00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:57.279
 all that you need.

00:33:58.460 --> 00:33:58.960
 See me

00:33:58.960 --> 00:34:00.160
 as your only hope

00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:01.240
 for life,

00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:02.319
 for success

00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:03.500
 in whatever endeavor

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:04.799
 is before you this week,

00:34:05.099 --> 00:34:06.379
 for refuge

00:34:06.379 --> 00:34:07.920
 in the storm

00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:08.860
 that keeps raging

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.820
 in your life.

00:34:10.260 --> 00:34:11.659
 See Jesus.

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:14.200
 Won't you wait on him

00:34:14.200 --> 00:34:16.559
 and trust him today

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:18.800
 to give you himself

00:34:18.800 --> 00:34:21.059
 to be with you

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:22.320
 right where you need him?

00:34:24.200 --> 00:34:24.920
 That's what he said

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:25.800
 to these disciples

00:34:25.800 --> 00:34:28.619
 the night he was betrayed

00:34:28.619 --> 00:34:30.360
 when he took bread

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:32.139
 and he broke it

00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:33.680
 and he gave it to them

00:34:33.680 --> 00:34:35.019
 as I ministering

00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:35.639
 in his name

00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:36.980
 give this bread to you.

00:34:36.980 --> 00:34:38.159
 He said

00:34:38.159 --> 00:34:38.880
 take and eat.

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:40.519
 This is my body

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:41.480
 given for you.

00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:42.099
 Do this

00:34:42.099 --> 00:34:43.380
 in remembrance of me.

00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:45.460
 In the same way

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:46.079
 after supper

00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:46.860
 he took the cup

00:34:46.860 --> 00:34:47.199
 and said

00:34:47.199 --> 00:34:47.980
 this cup

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.820
 is the new covenant

00:34:48.820 --> 00:34:49.880
 in my blood

00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:51.280
 which is shed for many

00:34:51.280 --> 00:34:52.199
 for the forgiveness

00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:52.980
 of sins.

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:53.860
 Drink from it.

00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:54.800
 All of you

00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:55.820
 all of you

00:34:55.820 --> 00:34:56.300
 are sinners

00:34:56.300 --> 00:34:57.460
 who need forgiveness.

00:34:57.760 --> 00:34:58.179
 Drink.

00:34:58.719 --> 00:34:59.519
 My blood

00:34:59.519 --> 00:35:00.639
 can wash it away.

00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:02.219
 For as often

00:35:02.219 --> 00:35:03.159
 as you eat this bread

00:35:03.159 --> 00:35:04.780
 and drink this cup

00:35:04.780 --> 00:35:05.380
 you proclaim

00:35:05.380 --> 00:35:06.220
 the Lord's death

00:35:06.220 --> 00:35:07.400
 until he comes.

00:35:07.820 --> 00:35:08.420
 Until he comes

00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:09.300
 to be with you forever

00:35:09.300 --> 00:35:10.220
 and in the meantime

00:35:10.220 --> 00:35:11.019
 he's here

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:12.560
 he's giving you this

00:35:12.560 --> 00:35:13.620
 to remember

00:35:13.620 --> 00:35:15.340
 that he is with you.

00:35:16.700 --> 00:35:18.240
 If you're here today

00:35:18.240 --> 00:35:19.000
 and you don't

00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:19.840
 look up here

00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:20.400
 and see

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:21.519
 the body

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:22.160
 and blood

00:35:22.160 --> 00:35:23.120
 of Jesus

00:35:23.120 --> 00:35:23.780
 given to

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 unite you

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 to him

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 as you

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 trust him

00:35:26.660 --> 00:35:27.380
 to be your God

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:27.780
 and king

00:35:27.780 --> 00:35:28.519
 if that's not

00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:29.000
 how you

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:30.220
 feel about him

00:35:30.220 --> 00:35:30.960
 how you relate

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.480
 to Jesus

00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:31.920
 don't

00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:32.659
 don't come

00:35:32.659 --> 00:35:33.280
 and eat

00:35:33.280 --> 00:35:35.159
 and say

00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:36.240
 with your actions

00:35:36.240 --> 00:35:37.079
 something that

00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:38.440
 is not true

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:39.220
 in your heart

00:35:39.220 --> 00:35:39.800
 we would not

00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:40.960
 want to ask you

00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:41.599
 to do that

00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:41.820
 but

00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:43.440
 but I do want you

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:44.019
 to hear Jesus'

00:35:44.220 --> 00:35:45.360
 invitation this morning

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:46.720
 to come to him

00:35:46.720 --> 00:35:48.440
 to find rest

00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:49.820
 for your souls

00:35:49.820 --> 00:35:50.539
 that's so much

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:51.240
 more needful

00:35:51.240 --> 00:35:52.280
 than for your stomach

00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:53.320
 to be filled

00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:54.360
 come to him

00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:55.019
 he says

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:56.699
 we'd love to tell you

00:35:56.699 --> 00:35:57.480
 more about Jesus

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:58.139
 come up here

00:35:58.139 --> 00:35:58.740
 and observe

00:35:58.740 --> 00:35:59.619
 come ask us

00:35:59.619 --> 00:36:00.400
 to pray with you

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:00.980
 or if you're

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:01.539
 more comfortable

00:36:01.539 --> 00:36:02.180
 you can stay

00:36:02.180 --> 00:36:02.680
 where you are

00:36:02.680 --> 00:36:04.019
 but consider

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:04.559
 the invitation

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:05.280
 of Jesus

00:36:05.280 --> 00:36:06.780
 to come to him

00:36:06.780 --> 00:36:09.119
 but if you do

00:36:09.119 --> 00:36:10.019
 see Jesus here

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:11.960
 if you look up here

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:12.980
 and you see

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.780
 your savior

00:36:13.780 --> 00:36:14.920
 and it makes you

00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:15.539
 want to jump

00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:16.280
 out of the boat

00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:17.220
 it makes you

00:36:17.220 --> 00:36:17.720
 want to skip

00:36:17.720 --> 00:36:18.280
 all the people

00:36:18.280 --> 00:36:18.639
 in line

00:36:18.639 --> 00:36:19.180
 that's fine

00:36:19.180 --> 00:36:19.700
 you can do that

00:36:19.700 --> 00:36:20.320
 we're cool

00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:20.720
 with that

00:36:20.720 --> 00:36:21.639
 just to get

00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:22.340
 to Jesus

00:36:22.340 --> 00:36:24.059
 then don't let

00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:24.880
 anything

00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:25.960
 keep you

00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:26.900
 from coming

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:27.900
 fall at his feet

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:29.019
 for forgiveness

00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:31.380
 for strength

00:36:31.380 --> 00:36:32.000
 for today

00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:33.139
 for hope

00:36:33.139 --> 00:36:33.780
 for tomorrow

00:36:33.780 --> 00:36:34.559
 whatever it is

00:36:34.559 --> 00:36:35.139
 that you need

00:36:35.139 --> 00:36:35.699
 he's the one

00:36:35.699 --> 00:36:36.500
 who meets it

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:39.079
 come to him

00:36:39.079 --> 00:36:39.920
 it's his table

00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:40.759
 it's not

00:36:40.759 --> 00:36:41.699
 Southwood's table

00:36:41.699 --> 00:36:42.239
 it's not the

00:36:42.239 --> 00:36:43.599
 Presbyterian churches

00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:46.159
 it's Jesus' table

00:36:46.159 --> 00:36:47.139
 so if you're a member

00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:48.400
 of his church

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:50.099
 come

00:36:50.099 --> 00:36:52.159
 and have breakfast

00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:52.800
 with him

00:36:52.800 --> 00:36:53.780
 let's pray

00:36:53.780 --> 00:36:54.519
 and we'll eat together

00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:56.880
 Jesus

00:36:56.880 --> 00:36:57.519
 thank you

00:36:57.519 --> 00:36:58.539
 for setting

00:36:58.539 --> 00:36:59.059
 the table

00:36:59.059 --> 00:37:00.019
 thank you

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:00.460
 for your

00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:00.940
 abundant

00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:01.539
 provision

00:37:01.539 --> 00:37:02.780
 that only

00:37:02.780 --> 00:37:03.360
 comes

00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:04.280
 through yourself

00:37:04.280 --> 00:37:07.539
 thanks for

00:37:07.539 --> 00:37:08.380
 meeting with us

00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:08.880
 and eating

00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:09.639
 with us

00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:10.800
 and reminding

00:37:10.800 --> 00:37:11.380
 us of your

00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:11.659
 love

00:37:11.659 --> 00:37:12.179
 use these

00:37:12.179 --> 00:37:12.880
 very common

00:37:12.880 --> 00:37:13.400
 elements

00:37:13.400 --> 00:37:13.960
 for that

00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:14.460
 sacred

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:14.960
 purpose

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:16.019
 that our

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:16.679
 faith

00:37:16.679 --> 00:37:17.119
 would be

00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:17.980
 built up

00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:18.519
 that we

00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:18.920
 would go

00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:19.500
 from here

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:19.860
 knowing

00:37:19.860 --> 00:37:20.259
 that you

00:37:20.259 --> 00:37:20.860
 don't call

00:37:20.860 --> 00:37:21.079
 us

00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:21.679
 anywhere

00:37:21.679 --> 00:37:22.199
 on our

00:37:22.199 --> 00:37:22.559
 own

00:37:22.559 --> 00:37:24.340
 but with

00:37:24.340 --> 00:37:24.599
 the one

00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:24.920
 who gave

00:37:24.920 --> 00:37:25.239
 himself

00:37:25.239 --> 00:37:26.000
 for us

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:29.779
 use this

00:37:29.779 --> 00:37:30.119
 in our

00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:30.519
 hearts

00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:31.340
 for your

00:37:31.340 --> 00:37:31.719
 glory

00:37:31.719 --> 00:37:32.380
 in Jesus'

00:37:32.579 --> 00:37:32.779
 name

00:37:32.779 --> 00:37:33.860
 amen

00:37:33.860 --> 00:37:35.920
 for more

00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:36.440
 information

00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:37.279
 visit us

00:37:37.279 --> 00:37:37.699
 online

00:37:37.699 --> 00:37:37.980
 at

00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:38.779
 southwood.org