Jesus: Move out into deeper water, and drop your nets to see what you’ll catch.
Simon (perplexed): Master, we’ve been fishing all night, and we haven’t caught even a minnow.
But . . . all right, I’ll do it if You say so.
Simon then gets his fellow fishermen to help him let down their nets, and to their surprise, the water is bubbling with thrashing fish—a huge school.
The strands of their nets start snapping
under the weight of the catch,.."
Luke 5: 4-6 (VOICE)
Each of us have been there... needing bright, fresh, hope in the middle of circumstances
that we have little hope will change
... nevertheless, we approach it again and this time.. a miracle...
(Matthew Henry Commentary insights)
Though they had toiled all night, yet, if Christ bid them, they will renew their toil, for they know that they who wait on him shall renew their strength, as work is renewed upon their hands; for every fresh service they shall have a fresh supply of grace sufficient
God will have us to be diligent, purely in duty to his command and dependence upon his goodness, rather than with an assurance of worldly success. We must do our duty, and then leave the event to God. When we are tired with our worldly business, and crossed in our worldly affairs, we are welcome to come to Christ, and spread our case before him, who will take cognizance of it.
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