God Wants Us To Do This One Thing.

God Wants Us To Do This One Thing.

Luke 5:1-5  Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around Him and listening to the word of God, He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret; …And He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little way from the land. And He sat down and began teaching the people from the boat. When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”  Simon answered and said, “Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing…

Serago are you trying to tell me God wants me to go fishing. No, not exactly, but I am sure some would not argue with God if that were His command. When reading the Bible background information is very important.

• Background Information Is Very Important

Jesus is teaching the Word of God. He knows the best way to teach is to be separated from the people just a little and this would allow the people to better  hear His voice. He gets into Peter's boat. He asks Peter to move the boat out into the water. His voice will project better and a larger number of people will be able to hear Him.

When His lesson is over He wants to bless Peter for the use of his boat and more importantly He wants to teach Peter a life lesson on TRUSTING GOD. Jesus says, "Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch."
 
There are lots of things wrong with that statement from a fisherman's point of view.

Peter is a fisherman by trade. Jesus is not. Pete had been fishing when you are supposed to and that is at night. The top of the water is cooler at night and the fish will come up to feed. It is now day and the sun has been heating the top of the water so the fish swim to deeper water where it is cooler. Throwing their nets out now when the water has warmed is not going to help them catch any fish.

Pete informs Jesus, we fished all night, when we were supposed to, and we caught nothing. Now you want us to throw out our nets when we are not supposed to.
 
Pete probably wants to ask Jesus if He had ever fished in His life, but he didn't.
 
Pete is at the crossroads of Dilemma and Frustration. Have you ever been there?

He had pulled in his nets, if they needed fixing he has fixed them and now they are drying, and put away. It is time to go home. It is time to get some sleep because he will be back here later today with his crew and they once again will be going out all night trying to catch some fish.

• What God Wants From Peter and Us

God wants Peter, you, and me to TRUST HIM.

When you and I have done something for the 10,000th time God just might want us to do it a different way. WHAT! Are you kidding me? This will never work in a million years.

Yeah, that is probably what Peter was thinking.
 
Can you just hear Peter talking to himself? He was probably saying, "This will never work. Everyone knows you fish at night, except this guy. If I had only worked faster I could have been off the boat and at home in bed sleeping, but no I had to go back and double-check those nets. I am such an idiot."

Jesus wants Peter to trust him and as we can see Peter did NOT automatically trust God's Son. To help Peter grow in his faith God worked a miracle in front of him.
 
Pete did something different. He fished during the day with his nets and Jesus filled his nets with fish. 

If we will trust God a little He will pour out a blessing from heaven that will be enormous.

• What Is It That God Wants Us To Do Differently? 

What have we been doing the same way over and over again? What is it that God wants us to change?

In what area of our lives does God want us to fully trust Him?

We might want to start where Peter finished and that is by bowing down to pray and telling the Lord that we are sinful because we have not fully trusted Him. 
 
What one thing does God want us to do?
 
Trust Him!

Think About These:
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Never be afraid to trust your unknown future to a known God.

God still speaks to those who take the time to listen.
 
Stay Pumped,

FYI:  I have been teaching on Wednesday nights at Fairway Christian Church. The lessons have been about lesser known Apostles, Overcoming Suffering, and Matthew 24 about the destruction of Jerusalem, and Jesus' 2nd Coming. I am attaching a link for anyone interested in watching the lessons I have taught the last few months.    

https://vimeopro.com/user45356398/wednesday-night-bible-studies
 
Also, these lessons are "Live Streamed" on Wednesday evenings at 6 pm (EST). I would love for you to join us.
 
Gary A. Serago

Minister of God's Word

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