John 21:3

John 21:3 says, Simon Peter saith unto them, "I go a fishing."  They say unto him, "We also go with thee."  They went forth and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.  A lot had happened in a few days in the lives of the disciples, and though they were gathering together, they didn't seem to be doing much else. Sometimes, life can get to be a little overwhelming for us, and when it does, what do we do?  Gathering together as Christians is a good start, but we must be ready to move forward in our service to God. We cannot allow conditions in the world to dictate our serving God. Peter chose to go back to what he had done before he met Jesus.  He was going fishing, which is what Jesus had called him away from. When we are seemingly overwhelmed by the world as followers of Christ, it might be comforting to just go back to everyday life and forget what we are called for, but it is not the answer.  Peter and the disciples had a new calling.  The were to be fishers of men.  We have that same calling.  Our primary purpose as Christians is to present the gospel.  That does not mean that we don't have other jobs, but if God calls us away from a particular job in order to serve Him, we need not run back to it when things aren't going as we hoped.  Peter had made his living as a fisherman, but that night they caught nothing.  He had to have been even more frustrated.  When we attempt to go back to what we were before we met Jesus, we can never be fully satisfied, even if we are successful in the eyes of the world.  Peter and the disciples had a new calling, which was to come and follow Jesus. That is our calling today.  Even in our most stressing moments of feeling defeated, we must follow His calling.  We will find satisfaction nowhere else.