Going back....

John 21:3 NIV:
“I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them, and they said, “We’ll go with you.” So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.

It is difficult to understand the things that went through the minds of the disciples the few days after Jesus had died. They had lived, eaten, drank, lived, slept and walked with him for three and a half years and they had settled into a near-comfortable routine. They had all left their regular jobs to follow Jesus  and their needs had been met in amazing ways. Then the upheaval: Christ was taken away forcibly and killed; the disciples were scattered and had to meet in secret; some claimed they had seen the crucified Christ. I want to believe it was too much for Simon to bear. He had left all to follow Christ; now, it appeared like there was nothing left to aspire to; nothing left to pursue. He just had to go back to familiar surroundings.
Before we criticise Simon, let us examine our own lives. When things get complicated, what do we do? When confusion sets in and all seem lost, where do we go? Don't we atimes seek out the very people and practices that Christ delivered us from, simply because they seem to be a better option than the confusion we face? Don't we atimes seek help from situations, circumstances and things that God had placed under us? Are we not like Simon atimes, seeking help from our past mistakes and ways, trying to change the future by holding on to past errors, actions and thoughts?
We have been saved from the past; we therefore owe it to God to keep the past where it belongs. We were saved to serve going forward, not to be like Lot's wife who was still distracted by the riches of the past, even though they had been  consigned to destruction.
If things don't look clear now, hold on to God. If God called you, he alone can make a way out for you. There are no second options or a way back for anyone who has decided to follow Christ. The danger of going back is so explicitly explained in  Luke 9:62 NIV: Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”  God calls us to a lifetime of service and devotion to him, not a contract of employment, which can be terminated by either party. You are saved for eternity, not for some time. Let us live our lives worthy of heaven so that we can enjoy the fullness of God's blessings. His time of favour is here.