The fishermen were exhausted. They had
been working all night and hadn’t caught a thing. They tiredly cleaned their
nets on the beach in the early morning hours. Are you overwhelmed with
exhaustion? Have you tried everything and come up empty? Surprisingly, Jesus
gets into one of the empty boats and says,
“Put out into deep water and let down the
nets for a catch.” Luke 5:4b
What would be our reaction? “I can’t.”
“I’ve given it my best and nothing worked.” “I am too tired.” Here is Simon
Peter’s reaction. It sounds familiar, but we might want to listen to the last
portion of his response.
Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard
all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down
the nets.” Luke 5:5
Have you been swimming in the shallow end
of faith? When the answers aren’t immediate or your prayers aren’t answered in
the way you expected, do you give up? Grow weary of the wait? Jesus challenges
us to dive in a little deeper, to read the living water of His Words until
eternity is etched in our hearts, until He is the answer to everything.
When they had done so, they caught such a
large number of fish that their nets began to break. Luke 5:6
Jesus is the answer to the emptiness, the loneliness, the unanswered
prayer, the holes in the nets of our hearts. His love can fill and re-fill
until our souls overflow. He challenges us to head to the deep waters and lower
our nets. The abundant life is there for the taking.
Dear Jesus,
Take away our fear
of diving in to the deep waters of trusting and obeying. You have the Words to
eternal life. (John 6:68) Let our defeated attitudes change to saying yes to an
overflowing life with You.
Amen
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