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 Jesus comes to us where we are

Summer fun is almost here.  The days are getting longer, the weather is being bipolar, but overall getting warmer, and the flowers are starting to come out of the ground. If you are into gardening hopefully you got your potatoes and other cold weather plants like peas and lettuce in the ground last week. It is also the time we as Christians get to celebrate the greatest day in the church, Easter, or the day our Savior rose from the dead. We get to think about the new life in heaven that Jesus won when He rose from the dead.

  The church continues daily celebrations after Easter. Today, as Easter Wednesday, the readings focus on Jesus coming to the disciples after the resurrection while they were fishing. They were not catching anything until Jesus arrives. Things happened like that the last time he met them fishing and told them to cast again; they caught a large catch. When they got to shore after Peter swam in, Jesus provided a meal for them on the beach. They struggled without Jesus.

  Sometimes, like the disciples’ life wasn’t happy after Jesus wasn’t always with them after His resurrection, our life doesn’t always seem to be as exciting as the coming spring and summer either. Maybe this Easter didn’t seem to be as exciting, because maybe your loved one is not with you. Maybe you are struggling with all kinds of health issues, having trouble with debt, or having issues with others. Perhaps your struggles are causing you to want revenge. Maybe you have bad thoughts about others that make you sad. Jesus came to the disciples where they were. They were struggling, because Jesus wasn’t with them, and they didn’t know what to do, so they went fishing. Fishing, however, didn’t seem to work either. They were not catching anything. Jesus helped the situation and provided for them. He helps our situations also. It doesn’t mean that our situations will be perfect, but He provides for our needs and brings us peace knowing that we have heaven as our home and we are forgiven for our struggles with our neighbor. He also helps us to forgive, because we are forgiven.

  When you have gone through a season of difficulty or cold, it is so great to look forward to the end which is near. For instance, looking forward to the coming of Spring and Summer, it is also great to look forward to the coming resurrection in heaven where there will be no cold, pain or sorrow, only peace and bliss. Jesus came where the disciples were, and He comes to us where we are. Perhaps we are struggling like the fisherman because Jesus was not there and they were not catching anything, or perhaps we are at peace with Jesus as He provides for our needs of body and soul as He provided for the disciples. Whatever and wherever we are, Jesus comes to us and reminds us that He is preparing a place for us in heaven.