Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 21:9

"So when they got out upon the land, they see a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread." — John 21:9 (ASV)

As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.

Why did they want to go fishing on their own account? Christ had all that they needed ready for them: there was the fire, and there were the fish cooking on it, ready for their breakfast. It was the Lord Jesus Christ's business to provide for them, and he did so.

As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.

Christ had provided this. We are to catch fish as if we should have nothing to eat if we did not, but yet we are to depend upon him as if we never caught a fish ourselves. Do everything as if you had to do everything; trust in God as if you had to do nothing. The blending of these two will make a wise believer. They saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.