Transforming Encounters: The 40-Day Challenge (Luke)Näide

One evening, I spent some time looking at the sea near Poreč. The water was still, and the night was calm. The longer I looked, the more lights I noticed as they appeared on the sea. In the morning, I saw that they were commercial fishing boats. Fishermen know that night is the best time to fish.

About 2000 years ago there was a commercial fisherman named Simon Peter. He too spent nights fishing. One night, Peter was unable to catch anything. He was cleaning up from a disappointing night when Jesus told him, “Put out into deep water and let down the nets for a catch.” 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.” When Peter obeyed Jesus, he caught so many fish that his boat was about to sink.

We see two key things here. First, Peter had been doing what he knew well, fishing at night, but when Jesus told him to fish in the daytime, which made no sense logically, Peter obeyed immediately. Second, Peter was a professional fisherman, but he responded with humility to what Jesus commanded. In our lives, when Jesus directs us, we too need to obey immediately, and humbly. Whether in familiar situations where we think we know best, or if God’s directions seem to go against our natural logic, God desires and blesses our immediate obedience.

Allow God to bless you in what you do, let him show you a better way than the one that seems best to you.