When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish lying on it, and bread. “Bring some of the fish you’ve just caught…
Come and have breakfast,” Jesus told them…
Jesus came, took the bread, and gave it to them. He did the same with the fish. (John 21:9-10, 12-13)
I love this chapter on a lot of levels. We see Jesus’ heart, particularly for Peter in this chapter.
But today, I was thinking about why Jesus would prepare breakfast for his disciples. I mean he’d just performed a great miracle for them already.
I think the answer is very simple. The thought came into his head, “They must be tired and hungry. Let me do something for them.”
I wonder where did he got the fish and bread from. I strongly doubt he miraculously made them (though he could have easily done so).
My guess is he had bought the bread in a nearby village perhaps the day before, and had perhaps bought the fish from some other fishermen who had been more successful catching fish earlier that morning.
Whatever the case, he was thinking about his disciples and wanted to bless them. This was no big miracle he performed. Just a simple act of kindness.
That’s a part of Jesus’ heart that I want more of. A greater awareness of what the ones I love need, not just in the big things (like restoring Peter), but in the small. And then doing what I can to bless them.
Jesus, give me that kind of heart.
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