Friday Within the Octave of Easter
After all they had seen, the apostles return to what is familiar. “I am going fishing,” Peter says. Perhaps they are still unsure, still carrying remnants of doubt about whether Jesus has truly conquered death. Perhaps they simply do not know what resurrection means for their lives. So they go back to the boats, back to the nets, back to the work they once knew.
And it is there—right in the middle of their ordinary routine—that Jesus makes Himself present.
He calls to them tenderly, “Children…”
He fills their empty nets with abundance.
He prepares breakfast for them on the shore.
The disciples do not dare ask, “Who are you?” because they know.
The light has returned.
The Lord is with them.
When Peter hears that it is Jesus, he does not wait for the boat to reach land. He throws himself into the sea—immersing his whole life in the power of the Holy Name. This immersion becomes the source of his courage. The same man who once denied Jesus now proclaims boldly:
“There is no salvation through anyone else…
no other name under heaven given to the human race by which we are to be saved.”
Peter knows this not as theory but as lived truth. He has been healed, restored, forgiven, and made new. And what he proclaims about the crippled man at the temple gate could be said of each of us:
“In the name of Jesus, this person stands before you healed.”
Easter renewal is not abstract. It is the risen Christ stepping into our ordinary lives, calling us “children,” feeding us, restoring us, and empowering us to live in His name.
Scripture: “When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he jumped into the sea.” (John 21:7)
Question: Where is Jesus inviting you to immerse yourself more deeply in His name and His healing presence?
Smitten With Goodness 