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The prophet Amos in chapter 3 says, “Can two men walk together if
they haven’t agreed?” So, they are going to Galilee. Galilee is a big
place. He didn’t say where to go. He just said, “Go to Galilee.”
Galilee is a region. There’s an upper Galilee and a lower Galilee.
He didn’t tell them what city. He didn’t say, “Meet me by the sea.”
He didn’t say, “I’ll meet you at the base of the mountain.” Where
were they going to go?

I can picture these disciples discussing it. “Maybe we should go to
Cana in Galilee. That’s where he did His first miracle.” Someone
else might have said, “No, no. Maybe it’s Nazareth. That’s in
Galilee. That was his boyhood town.” Someone else might have
said, “Let’s go to Capernaum. That’s where He did so many
miracles. That’s in Galilee.” Another might have said, “I think we
should go to Mount Carmel.” Do you see how vague that command
was? He puts it in your heart, “Go see the risen Savior,” but you
don’t know where to go.

They finally came to a decision, “Let’s go to the Sea of Galilee.
That’s where He walked on water and that’s where He multiplied
the fish. It was on the shores of Galilee that He fed the multitude.
That’s where Peter caught the fish with the coin lodged in the gill.
That’s where Peter lent Jesus his boat and Jesus preached from the
boat.” So, they went to Galilee.

John 21:3, “Simon Peter said to them, ‘I am going fishing.’ They
said to him, ‘We will also come with you.’ They went out, and got
into the boat; and that night they caught nothing.” When they go to
Galilee they aren’t sure that is the right place. How long would you
wait if Jesus didn’t show up? Would you wait a week? Would you
wait a month? Would you think you were in the wrong place? They
waited and waited and waited and finally Peter said, “I’m going
fishing.”

Many commentators think that when Peter said, “I’m going fishing,”
that he was quitting his life as a Christian. When he first met Jesus
he left his boats and his nets. Some think, “Now he’s going back to