[ The Glory Unveiled]
He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish. ( John 21:6 )
”Technical know-how” is good but “spiritual know-what” is better. This truth is also expressed as “physical exercise profits a little but spiritual exercise profits all things” and again shadowed in 2 Corinthians 4:18 as what is seen is temporary but what is unseen is eternal—the realm of the spirit supersedes the physical realm in all things. In our verse of scripture, the disciples had returned to their former life after Jesus had died. They went out to fish as they used to do before their call. On this faithful day, as usual, they had gone out to fish again and all night they toiled but caught nothing. The next morning at sea, they heard the voice of a man call out to them. This man was not a fisherman nor the son of one but then he gave these men—who had been fishing all their lives—advice on how to succeed, and they had a great catch. This man was the resurrected Christ Jesus. In another place, Peter’s first encounter with the man Jesus, he didn’t catch any fishes all night and when he met Jesus that morning things turned around after Jesus asked him to launched deeper and cast his net (Luke 5:4). There is something about spiritually knowing the times and seasons, what to do and when, that offers more advantages than just technical skills or knowledge. We must desire and learn the ways of the Spirit—by enrolling in the school of the Spirit—and then consistently exercising our spiritual senses in the matter. Life is more than just what we see and living by the dictates of the flesh is stressful. So, let us subscribe to the dictates of the Spirit.
Prayer_Bead: Father in Heaven, thank you for showing me the advantage of the spirit realm over the physical and teaching me to engage that realm over my life’s circumstances.
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