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He is adequate. The second lesson is that Jesus will tell me
where to fish. Jesus will tell me how to fish. Jesus will bring
fish into the net. The whole thing is a miracle. The Lord does
not make us adequate. He shows us that He is adequate. They
had a great catch of fish!
I once went fishing with my son Daniel. We did not do
very well. He caught a very small fish. The first thing he said
was, “Take my picture.” He held a little fish and I had to take
his picture with the fish. When Jesus filled the net with fish,
they didn’t say, “Take my picture.” John 21:7 says, “It is the
Lord.” When I let Jesus fish, He gets all the glory.

Look what Peter does in John 21:7, “That disciple
therefore whom Jesus loved said to Peter, ‘It is the Lord.’ And
so when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put his outer
garment on,” for he was stripped for work, “and threw himself
into the sea.” He was on the boat fishing and he had his shirt
off. Perhaps it was a warm day. When John said, “It’s the
Lord,” Peter put his shirt on and jumped in the water. Wouldn’t
you think you would take your shirt off to jump into the water?

This part is not in the Bible. My mind is crazy; it’s just
what I think. I think he tried to walk on water. He failed the
first time and he said, “I won’t take my eyes off Jesus this time.”
So, he got dressed and stepped off the boat and he had to swim
to shore. I can imagine Jesus laughing on the shore.

I have to learn that I can’t do it. I have to learn that He
can do it. Then I have to learn that He does not need me but He
wants to use me. Look at John 21:9, “And so when they got out
upon the land, they saw a charcoal fire already laid, and fish
placed on it, and bread.” When he got to shore, Jesus was
already cooking fish. He didn’t need Peter’s fish. He had fish
already. Where did He get it? Did He create it? I won’t go into
all of that. What I want you to see is that Jesus doesn’t need Ed
Miller and He doesn’t need you. He didn’t need Peter or his
fish.

Watch what the Lord does in John 21:10, “Jesus said to
them, ‘Bring some of the fish which you have now caught.”