When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals there with fish on it, and some bread.

Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish you have just caught.” So Simon Peter climbed back into the boat and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” None of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came, took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish. This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples after he was raised from the dead.

John 21:9-14

Breakfast on the beach with Jesus. This is the kind of Beach Mission of which dreams are made.

Jesus knows his disciples’ physical needs. They’ve been out on the water all night. Now it’s time to land onshore and enjoy a well-earned breakfast.

The humility of Jesus is enormous here. He has already got the fire going. He’s already got fish cooking. And yet, he tells the disciples to bring some of the fish they have caught and add it to the meal.

Without Jesus they wouldn’t have caught the fish in the first place. Yet he still allows them an opportunity to contribute their share to the meal.

It’s the same for us. Jesus doesn’t need our help with ‘fishing’ aka mission. Yet he still graciously allows his followers the opportunity to bring their offering to the table. An offering that Jesus provided them with in the first place.

And Jesus’ offering to his disciples is not small. 153 fish, and large fish at that. The net was full.

Yet the net did not break. God’s missional purposes are never flawed. It’s just us humans that get it wrong (we don’t even know what side of the boat to put the net on).

Still we can be redeemed by listening to Jesus and following his directions. And we can know that he knows our humanness, because he has experienced it himself.

And sometimes, the most spiritual, most missional thing to do, is have breakfast on the beach.

Jesus said so.

Yours on mission,

Alison