Luke 5:4-7
4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Now go out where it is deeper, and let down your nets to catch some fish.” 5 “Master,” Simon (Peter) replied, “we worked hard all last night and didn’t catch a thing. But if you say so, I’ll let the nets down again.” 6 And this time their nets were so full of fish they began to tear! 7 A shout for help brought their partners in the other boat, and soon both boats were filled with fish and on the verge of sinking.
The disciples fished all night and caught nothing. They were tired and frustrated. Have you ever been tired and frustrated after you tried everything you knew to do and nothing worked. That is how the disciples felt. They were tired of fishing and not catching anything.
Then, Jesus told them to go out deeper, fish in a different place. Jesus wanted them to go in deeper waters. Deeper water is scarier. Is God telling you to do something that is scaring you? We may not feel like we can into deeper water. We may think we can barely keep our head above water where we are.
So although they had fished all night and were tired & hungry, Peter was willing to try again just because Jesus said to. Peter said, “if you say so…we’ll try again”. They trusted Jesus and went into deeper waters. Deeper water - where they didn’t feel so safe, deeper water - where they had to trust God.
Can we say, "If you say to do it, I will do it."? The result for the disciples was the blessing and reward was so great they had to call for help, and both were on the verge of sinking. Moving to the deeper water not only blessed the disciples, other fishermen got in on the blessing!
Who else could you bless if you move to a deeper fishing hole?? Is God directing you to a deeper fishing hole??
devotion provided by Freddie Killough
