John 21:4-6, "Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus. He called out to them, "Friends, haven't you any fish?" "No," they answered. 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."
For the longest time, the magnitude of this scripture was lost on me but now that I have been in the working world awhile it has really come to light.
To set the stage: these were professional fishermen, it was their life. They were probably taught by their parents and if so, were just working the family business, nothing glamorous. It was hard work and they worked all night. Why did they work all night? Because fish can see during the daytime! Nowadays the fishermen on the Sea of Galilee use transparent fishing line but in Bible days, there was only rope. Thus, you fish at night. This brings us to the moment Jesus walks up to the beach.
Essentially, Jesus is asking a bunch of professionals (people who would have known better than to do what he was asking) to fish during the day. Their obedience defied simple, life-tested logic and their reward was breathtaking. They had never seen anything like it in all their years and they knew it was God.
Jesus may ask me to do something that doesn't make any sense, but he knows what he's doing.
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