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)
Walking by faith requires simple obedience whether it makes sense or not. Jesus asked Simon Peter to cast his net at the same place where he toiled all night and returned empty handed. Casting the net at the same place where you have caught nothing is foolishness in fishermen's dictionary but it was doable. The Lord always asks us to do something that is doable. Things that can be done with our ability and he never asks us to do something that is beyond our capacity. When we do things however foolish it may seem, we are openly declaring our trust in Him. That's when faith kicks into action and brings the miracle.
There are a couple of other incidents from the Bible where people blindly obeyed the Word of GOD and saw astonishing miracles as a result of it. We read about the widow at Zarephath in I Kings chapter 17. Elijah, the prophet asked her to make a small loaf of bread out of the flour that she had kept to prepare a last meal for herself and her son before they could die. Is it doable? Yes, but does it make sense? No. Still the widow did as instructed by the prophet and she never ran out of flour after that.
We read about the first miracle performed by Jesus in John chapter 2, at the wedding in Cana. When they ran out of wine, Mary told the servants to do what Jesus tells them to do. Jesus asked them to fill the jars with water and then just to draw it out and serve it to the guests. Is it doable? Yes, but did it make any sense? Of course, no. Still the servants did as they were told and when they served, it wasn't the water they filled but it had turned into wine. A wine better than the one they had ran out of. Next time, when the Lord tells us to do something which doesn't make sense, lets not reason it out with Him. Just do it!
Blessings!
Walking by faith requires simple obedience whether it makes sense or not. Jesus asked Simon Peter to cast his net at the same place where he toiled all night and returned empty handed. Casting the net at the same place where you have caught nothing is foolishness in fishermen's dictionary but it was doable. The Lord always asks us to do something that is doable. Things that can be done with our ability and he never asks us to do something that is beyond our capacity. When we do things however foolish it may seem, we are openly declaring our trust in Him. That's when faith kicks into action and brings the miracle.
There are a couple of other incidents from the Bible where people blindly obeyed the Word of GOD and saw astonishing miracles as a result of it. We read about the widow at Zarephath in I Kings chapter 17. Elijah, the prophet asked her to make a small loaf of bread out of the flour that she had kept to prepare a last meal for herself and her son before they could die. Is it doable? Yes, but does it make sense? No. Still the widow did as instructed by the prophet and she never ran out of flour after that.
We read about the first miracle performed by Jesus in John chapter 2, at the wedding in Cana. When they ran out of wine, Mary told the servants to do what Jesus tells them to do. Jesus asked them to fill the jars with water and then just to draw it out and serve it to the guests. Is it doable? Yes, but did it make any sense? Of course, no. Still the servants did as they were told and when they served, it wasn't the water they filled but it had turned into wine. A wine better than the one they had ran out of. Next time, when the Lord tells us to do something which doesn't make sense, lets not reason it out with Him. Just do it!
Blessings!
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