The right side [part 1]

What do you do when you have an unbelievable day? When what seemed to be a good start to the day suddenly goes all wrong. That’s exactly how my day went, a sudden spiral down, things we not right at every turn, sadness, and despair beckoning at me. I had to intentionally look on the right side, I had to search within for strength and reason, I had to come back and read this blog. I had to bare my mind to my heavenly father. 

The disciples too had a day like mine, after the crucifixion of Jesus, they decided to do what they knew how to do best – fishing. This was one thing they were brilliant at doing, they must have grown up watching men fish, they knew the secrets of the sea, they had a passion for fishing, it was their thing. On that day, however, they toiled all night but caught NOTHING.Can you believe it? How could they not even catch one fish with all their experience? I can imagine the despair and exhaustion as they returned back to land. Jesus called out to them asking for fish, it must have shameful for them but they had to admit they caught nothing.         

Then he says to them ‘cast your net on the right side and you will find some’. It must have looked like a weird thing to suggest as they had been trying all night, but what difference could it make to try the right side one last time. They obeyed and there was such a big catch that they could not pull and only then did they recognise it was Jesus.

Their horrible night took a turn for overwhelming blessings when they cast their net on the right side. Their shame became honour when they cast the net on the right side. Their day did not end purposeless when they cast their net on the right side. By obeying that singular command from Jesus everything turned around.

This was my lesson, God spoke to me on that day and asked me to cast my net on the right side. He reminded me not to look at all that had gone wrong, but to look up to Him. He reminded me of His love, He reminded me that my day did not take Him unawares.I began to see the purpose in my trial, I had to lean totally on Him and keep my focus totally on him. Over the next few days I look forward to sharing the lessons I got from this story with you. 

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