One Hundred Fifty-Three

After Jesus resurrected, He was standing on the shore of Lake of Galilee one morning, greeting His disciples, asking them if they had caught any fish for breakfast. His disciples said no because they had gone fishing the whole night without any luck. Jesus asked them to cast their nets over the right side of the boat. At last, they had a big catch, a total of one hundred and fifty-three large fish. According to scholars’ explanation, the number one hundred and fifty-three represented all the fish in the Lake of Galilee, meaning the disciples who follow Peter the fisherman who catches men should take up the responsibility of spreading the Good News to the whole humanity.

Today, this responsibility also rests on every Christian. But in this multicultural and multi-faith society of Canada, how do we realize the aspiration of “so that they may be one”?

First, we must learn to narrow each other’s distance. We may come from different cultures and different religions, or without any religion, but each one of us has the same belief in equality, peace, unity, honor and love. Therefore, we can respect and cooperate with each other based on these beliefs then our distance will be narrowed.

On the other hand, we should not try to change others around us. When we live in the truth, the truth will be apparent. Only God and the Holy Spirit can move others’ heart.

Eventually, when we try our best to build a united world, Jesus will be in the midst of us. This is because he promised, “For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.”