Video of the Day: Clip from Season 1 Episode 11 “Joan of Arcadia”
Bible Verse of the Day:
Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee.[a] It happened this way: 2 Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus[b]), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. 3 “I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them, and they said, “We’ll go with you.” So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. 4 Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus. 5 He called out to them, “Friends, haven’t you any fish?” “No,” they answered. 6 He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish. 7 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, “It is the Lord,” he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water, John 21:1-7.
Biblical Connection:
Following the events of Good Friday, some of the disciples went back to their former trade of being fishermen. Whenever a crisis of faith arises, human nature leads people back to an area of strength. As for Joan of Arcadia, a high school junior, God appears in the form of people who give her an assignment. Joan reached out to a loner who got kicked out of a dance for drinking. Joan sought to calm him down, jumping into his pickup truck before police arrived to intervene.
After following their leader around for 3 years, Jesus was dead. Once the shock of this reality set in, Peter, Andrew, James and John went back to work as fishermen. Unfortunately, after this long period away from fishing, they got shut out, about to come home empty handed. Initially, Jesus appears as an innocent bystander, inquiring on how their day was going. However, after talking with this man for a few minutes, Peter realizes that it is the risen Lord.
Closing Song:
Trusting God during dark times in life is difficult. Modern day Christian don’t have the luxury of encounters with Jesus like today’s featured passage. However, Jesus did leave behind the Spirit of Truth, John 14:15-17, to guide you during your own crisis of faith in 2025.
by Jay Mankus
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