The Difference

As we sat on the beach this morning watching the sun rise, with fishing boats anchored just off shore, my mind went to the story of catching fish in John 21:2-13.

The disciples had been working all night to catch fish, but they had nothing to show for their efforts. Their nets were empty.

Just like the the vast ocean of humanity here in SE Asia where so few know of Jesus.

Jesus asks his disciples, Do you have any fish? And they answer, None! Then Jesus says, Cast your net on the other side of the boat.

They obey Jesus' command and everything changes. Once where the waters were dead calm, now the waters surface boils with moving fish.

Somehow the most unpromising fishery becomes the most fertile ever known, and it happened in an instant. Their nets fill with fish of every type, and these are described as large fish. The Bible is very specific with the number: 153. One commenter I read years ago claimed there were 153 different species of fish in the region. I don't know if that commenter was accurate, but I look forward to converts from every kindred, tribe and people. We know that the catch was so great that under normal conditions the net would have broken. Another miracle: the nets hold. Not one of those precious examples of God's miraculous blessing was lost.

This is the kind of miracle we need in SE Asia. This must be the blessing we pray for in this land. 

Somehow Jesus will open the door to reach many here. But Jssus needs fishermen in the boat who have been working on the task before He gives this special blessing. We need to be on the ground in SE Asia, ready and working with the best tools that we know today.

How sad it would be if Angels had to finish the work without us! Will you be a fisher for God? Will you spread the net of the Gospel and pray for a time when God will work a miracle and everyone will be able to hear the good news? There is a great harvest coming. It is coming. It is even coming to SE Asia.

A ship is safest in the harbor, but that is not why the ship was made. We were not made to live unto ourselves. We were not made to amass wealth and goods while the rest of the world starves for the knowledge of God.

What can you do: Today? This week? This Month? This year? We must be ready when when the time is right.

Pray with us for a spark!