What Now?: Pt.3 "The Ministry of Presence" (Marika Pinkett)

This Sunday in our series "So, What Now?" We join the disciples on the shores of the Sea of Tiberias for one of the most personal and powerful encounters with the Risen Saviour. Christianity is not transactional. It is relational. From the very beginning, God chose not to relate to us from a distance but to step into our world, taking on flesh without ceasing to be God, meeting us in the most existentially personal way possible. In John 21:1-17, after a discouraging night of empty nets, the disciples find Jesus already on the beach with a fire burning and food prepared, simply present. No agenda. No rebuke. Just the quiet, intentional nearness of One who knew exactly where they were and exactly what they needed. The Ministry of Presence reminds us that the greatest gift is not always an answer or a solution. Sometimes it is simply showing up. And that is precisely what Jesus did then and continues to do now. As we walk this passage together, we are invited to experience afresh a Saviour who meets us in our weariness, restores us in our failure, and calls us forward in our purpose.