The miracles of Jesus - Classical Christian Literature by Athleo.net

416 THE LAST MIRACLE
less, eager to lose his disappointment and intense
anxiety to see his Master, in some manual labour.
We see his hands itching to be at the old tasks, his
mind in a fever of expectancy, and yet unable to
stand the suspense. And Simon Peter said, " I go
!
a-fishing
We see John, the well-beloved—the mystic ;
and we
can imagine him joining a little unwilling in this
fishing excursion. His heart was in other things
just now; and through the night we can well believe
that he was a little absent-minded in his work. But
when that Voice comes from across the waters,
" Lads, have ye any meat " we can note a stirring
of his heartstrings, a catch of the breath, a sudden,
tense moment of concentration
;
and when again the
Voice comes, " Cast the net on the right side of the
ship, and ye shall find," the tension is as suddenly
released, light breaks on him in full radiance, and he
cries to Peter—
" It is the Lord." Full of significance,
too, is the eager absorption of the other disciples in
their sudden success ;
and the quick instinct of Peter,
in his mingled awe and eagerness, to gird his fisher'scoat
around him and to cast himself into the sea, that
he might, without an instant's delay, put the beloved
disciple's words to the test.
III.
But it is the self-revelation of Jesus that completes
the argument, both as to the reality, and the significance
of His last miracle-scene. This story might