WEBVTT 00:00:01.040 --> 00:00:04.480 Today is what happens after Easter meets real life. 00:00:04.559 --> 00:00:07.759 Then this is what we've been talking about all this week. 00:00:08.080 --> 00:00:16.000 Because it's one thing to celebrate the resurrection of Christ, it's another thing to live it, to be transformed. 00:00:17.039 --> 00:00:19.760 Most especially when things get hard. 00:00:20.719 --> 00:00:24.960 If we look at the gospel, Peter says, I'm going fishing. 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:29.199 That sounds simple enough, but it's not. 00:00:29.359 --> 00:00:31.280 There's a lot behind this. 00:00:31.839 --> 00:00:33.039 He's going back. 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:40.159 Back to what he knows, back to what is familiar, back to life before everything changed. 00:00:40.640 --> 00:00:43.119 Because if we're honest, that's what we do. 00:00:43.520 --> 00:01:00.000 After a high moment, maybe after you've gone to a retreat, after Easter, after you've had this incredible encounter with Christ, maybe you were volunteering, you had an incredible experience, after it fades, we drift back. 00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:02.159 And what happens? 00:01:02.799 --> 00:01:06.159 They fish all night and they catch nothing. 00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:08.560 Not a little, nothing. 00:01:09.439 --> 00:01:16.799 Because life without Christ, even when you're doing what you're good at, eventually feels empty. 00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:19.519 And then what happens? 00:01:19.840 --> 00:01:25.920 Jesus shows up quietly, standing on the shore, no fanfare. 00:01:26.079 --> 00:01:27.840 They don't even recognize him. 00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:33.920 Because sometimes Jesus is present and we're still stuck in the old patterns. 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:36.640 And it's all about me, me, me. 00:01:37.040 --> 00:01:39.519 I can't see past me. 00:01:41.120 --> 00:01:44.000 But then he asks them a simple question. 00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:46.079 Hey, have you caught anything? 00:01:46.640 --> 00:01:47.760 They say no. 00:01:48.959 --> 00:01:53.200 And then he tells them, Well, cast your net on the other side. 00:01:53.599 --> 00:01:55.439 And that changes everything. 00:01:56.799 --> 00:01:57.200 Why? 00:01:57.439 --> 00:02:03.519 Because it's not that they were in the wrong boat, they were fishing the wrong way. 00:02:04.640 --> 00:02:11.439 Same life, same work, same direction, and suddenly an abundance. 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:16.479 Now, if we go to the first reading, Peter is no longer fishing. 00:02:17.280 --> 00:02:25.520 He's standing in front of the authorities, the same ones who had Jesus crucified, and they ask him, Let me ask you something. 00:02:25.680 --> 00:02:27.759 By what power and by what name? 00:02:28.159 --> 00:02:29.840 Why are you doing this? 00:02:30.080 --> 00:02:32.319 Who gave you permission to do this? 00:02:33.360 --> 00:02:36.560 Peter doesn't hesitate, no fear, no backing down. 00:02:36.719 --> 00:02:42.159 He says, In the name of Jesus Christ, whom you crucified, whom God raised. 00:02:43.360 --> 00:02:45.439 This is not the same Peter. 00:02:46.240 --> 00:02:53.759 This is a man who knows who he is and whose he is, who he belongs to. 00:02:54.000 --> 00:02:56.639 And then he says something that cuts straight through everything. 00:02:56.879 --> 00:03:01.919 He says, There is no other name by which we are to be saved. 00:03:02.479 --> 00:03:08.400 Not one of many options, not one path among many, the name of Jesus Christ. 00:03:08.800 --> 00:03:11.360 So here's the connection between the two readings. 00:03:11.599 --> 00:03:14.400 Before the resurrection, Peter goes back. 00:03:15.039 --> 00:03:18.400 After the resurrection, Peter stands firm. 00:03:19.680 --> 00:03:23.439 Before he fishes all night and catches nothing. 00:03:23.840 --> 00:03:27.520 After he trusts Christ and everything changes. 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:31.599 And that's where this becomes very real for us. 00:03:32.240 --> 00:03:45.199 Because we have all had this tendency to go back to the same old, same old, back to old habits, back to old ways of the way of thinking, old versions of ourselves. 00:03:45.599 --> 00:03:48.000 Even after encountering Christ. 00:03:49.199 --> 00:03:52.800 And Jesus doesn't just shame Peter for that. 00:03:53.199 --> 00:03:59.919 He meets him there, on the shore, in the ordinary, and he redirects him. 00:04:00.800 --> 00:04:03.039 That's what he's doing with all of us. 00:04:03.759 --> 00:04:16.879 Not asking you to become someone else overnight, but asking you to stop doing life your way, trying to control everything, trying to control the narrative to the very last point. 00:04:17.360 --> 00:04:22.160 And he's asking you to trust him, to trust his plan, to trust his way. 00:04:23.040 --> 00:04:25.759 So here's the question for you today. 00:04:27.199 --> 00:04:29.120 Where are you going back to? 00:04:29.600 --> 00:04:32.000 What habits have you slipped back into? 00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:34.399 What mindset are you holding on to? 00:04:34.560 --> 00:04:39.680 Where are you trying to do life on your own and coming up empty? 00:04:40.879 --> 00:04:45.120 Because maybe the issue isn't your life, maybe it's the direction. 00:04:45.680 --> 00:04:48.399 You need to cast the net on the other side. 00:04:48.720 --> 00:04:50.399 That's the invitation. 00:04:51.199 --> 00:04:52.639 Try it his way. 00:04:52.879 --> 00:04:56.319 Even if it doesn't make any sense, even if it's small. 00:04:57.680 --> 00:05:01.519 And then we get to one of the most beautiful lines in all of the gospel. 00:05:01.759 --> 00:05:05.439 When they realize that it's Jesus, Peter jumps into the water. 00:05:05.680 --> 00:05:09.199 He doesn't wait, doesn't calculate, he moves. 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:12.399 That's what happens when you recognize him. 00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:14.720 You don't stay in the boat. 00:05:15.120 --> 00:05:16.480 And then this is key. 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:23.279 Jesus already had breakfast prepared, fish, bread, fire, before they bring anything. 00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:28.800 Which means God is not waiting for you to get everything right, to have everything. 00:05:29.040 --> 00:05:30.079 No, he's already there. 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:31.279 He's already prepared everything. 00:05:31.360 --> 00:05:32.399 He's already providing for you. 00:05:32.480 --> 00:05:33.360 He's already inviting you. 00:05:33.439 --> 00:05:35.839 Come, I've already made breakfast for you. 00:05:36.079 --> 00:05:38.319 It's not dry, that's not dramatic. 00:05:38.399 --> 00:05:39.519 That's personal. 00:05:39.759 --> 00:05:40.959 That's a relationship. 00:05:41.040 --> 00:05:42.720 That's someone who loves. 00:05:43.680 --> 00:05:46.480 The resurrection is not just about victory over death. 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:49.839 It's about a relationship that continues daily, personally. 00:05:50.800 --> 00:05:54.480 So today, my brothers and sisters, don't just believe in the resurrection. 00:05:54.720 --> 00:05:55.519 Live it. 00:05:55.839 --> 00:05:56.720 Trust him. 00:05:57.199 --> 00:05:57.920 Follow him. 00:05:58.240 --> 00:06:01.839 And when you recognize him, don't hesitate. 00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:02.879 Jump. 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:11.759 Because the same Jesus who stood on that shore is standing on the edge of your life right now and saying, Come on, try it my way. 00:06:12.000 --> 00:06:13.759 Your way hasn't worked. 00:06:14.079 --> 00:06:16.000 I promise you greatness. 00:06:16.240 --> 00:06:16.879 Amen.