by David Brenneman
"“Simon answered and said, “Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing, but I will do as You say and let down the nets.”"
Luke 5:5
As a seasoned fisherman, Peter's professional opinion was that what Christ was telling him to do wouldn't work. Most of done in the Sea of Galilee was done at night in shallow the water, fishing not during the day in the deep, as the Teacher was insisting But it was Jesus asking, so he complied.
Maybe you're facing a similar situation. The Lord instructs you
to proceed in a way that, in your experience, makes no sense. But
it is the all-wise, all-powerful Sovereign of creation who is leading you, and trusting Him means looking beyond what you can see to what He knows and He knows everything. So the absolute best thing you can do is obey God and leave the consequences to Him. Peter did, and he drew in such an overabundance of fish that his
nets began to break.
Throughout your life, some of the Lord's directions to you will seem overwhelming, illogical, and even impossible. But when the Almighty tells you to do something, you should do it simply based on who's instructing you-trusting He will see you through. So set out into deep water and let down your nets. Do what God says. Because you don't want to miss out on all He desires to do for you.
Jesus, I will do what You say and trust You. Amen.
- Trusting God with Today
by Dr. Charles Stanley.
Are you prepared for what the Spirit would have you do today? Not your list, thought out list, half thought out list. Not what you think you'll be doing today.
In reading this devotional, and after listening to a man speaking on what became of his listening to the promptings of the Spirit, it seems that the Spirit would have me recall one such occasion in my somewhat recent past.
It was a day like any other. Got up and going, had things to do and was working my plan until I got a call from my neighbor who was crying. Now this neighbor wasn't your ordinary man. At the time he was an accomplished bodybuilder. But God had him stopped dead in his tracks.
His son of only several months old was chronically ill. He was running out of options as to what to do and the doctors were beside themselves. He asked me if I would pray over his son, he would bring him over. I told him absolutely. I told my Wife and she joined me on the back steps of our deck with them. I wasn't sure exactly how to pray and couldn't tell you what all that I said. I do know that God was going to do something wonderful through it.
He thanked us and went back home. A day or so later he called to tell of the remarkable set of circumstances that came about and he attributed it to that prayer. A nurse couldn't sleep and could only think about Arriah. She went in the next day and went through his records. There was a specific test that was talked about but not done. So they did it and discovered his B12 deficiency. They treated him for it and he's about 10 years old now.
My Dear Reader, make your plans, but always leave room for God to change them. The man in that video's story was very similar to the one I just shared with you. In his case of listening to God the miracle happened right in front of him and the child's family in the hospital.
Listen and obey.
You're very mistaken if you think this day is only for you to live out your plans and desires.
We are workers in the fields of the Father. This is our Father's world.
Listen and obey...God's looking to possibly use you today in someone's life.
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