LEARNING DAILY

Luke 5:5, But Simon answered and said to Him, Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless, at Your word, I will let down the net”. (My emphasis)

Jesus told Peter to go out into the deeper water and throw out the nets again. Peter was tired and perhaps discouraged by a night of fishing without catching anything, but he did as Jesus told him to do. He rowed out to deeper water, threw the net in again at the word of Jesus. Because Peter was obedient, his net was full of fish.

Consider the strength of those words. In Genesis, creation is explained; God spoke and light was separated from darkness. God spoke and the waters on earth had to conform to boundaries; dry land appeared forming continents. God spoke and vegetation appeared, planets were set into orbits, stars filled the heavens, and the sun and moon separated night and day. God spoke and the many varieties of animals, fish, and birds were created. At God’s word Noah built an ark, got into the ark, and stayed in it until God spoke to him to go out of it. By God’s word Abraham left his dwelling place and went where God told him to go. By God’s word Abraham took Isaac to sacrifice him believing God had a purpose in him doing so. By God’s word, Moses leads God’s people out of Egypt, through the Red Sea, and to the Promised land. By God’s word armies were victorious and others fell in defeat. By God’s word Joshua walks around Jericho and the city’s wall crumble. Kings and world leaders are put into their positions and nations rise, succeed or fail by God’s word. At God’s word fishermen threw their empty nets back into the water.

By God’s word prophecies will come to pass. When the time was right God sent His son (Galatians 4:4). By God’s word the only way to heaven is through Jesus Christ. By His word days will become much worse than they are right now. Tribulation will happen and then Jesus Christ will come; all knees will bow and declare Him as King of kings and Lord of lords. By God’s word He will establish His kingdom on earth.

Have I made the point clear today? “At Your word” should be the very center of every Believer’s life; it should be the center of every effort made to please God. The power of every Believer is found in the Word of God. There are so many books written by great men and women of God to guide Believers in their spiritual lives, but there is none greater than the Bible. It is the greatest guide we have when making decisions, when we are in need of encouragement, and when we face opposition or trials.

This is written today to be an encouragement to walk in obedience and hold on to your faith as you walk the narrow way. Without Jesus, the fishermen caught nothing. With Him their nets were filled to overflowing. Believers need to follow the fishermen as they did as Jesus commanded. In the days we live in, there is no place for complacency! Each believer must be reading/studying/meditating on God’s Word in order do what it says, to live according to our Lord’s desire, to walk on a narrow way. Try it and see how full your net becomes.

I read a sermon by Charles Spurgeon regarding this topic, and it was the inspiration for much of this page of the blog.