Let’s Go Fishing

Let’s Go Fishing

Luke 5:4-8
And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.”And Simon answered, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.” And when they had done this, they enclosed a large number of fish, and their nets were breaking. They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.

Peter was an experienced fisherman, and he knew when and where to fish. He understood the open waters and what it takes to be a good fisherman. But even with his expertise and experience, Peter and his crew had been out the whole night and they had not caught anything.

How frustrating can that be? There they were washing their nets wondering what the day would hold now that they had no catch to take to the market. They were not lazy, they were hard workers giving up their sleep while every other person rested for the night, and they were out working doing the best they knew how to do with no reward.

Maybe you feel like Peter today. You are a hard worker, you put in a full days work and you are good at what you do but at the end of the day or at the end of the month you have nothing much to show for it.

Jesus asks Peter for his boat and He wants it put out a bit into the sea, Peter gives without complaining though he has had a bad night and I bet he is tired with a lot on his mind but he still maintains a good attitude and serves the Lord! In the midst of your disappointment are you open to the Lord or are you complaining and lamenting?

Jesus, a carpenter’s son tells Peter and experienced fisherman who has been out the whole night and caught nothing to go out into the deep and lower the nets. There was a reason why Peter and his crew were fishing at night; I believe that was the best time to get a good catch and now here was Jesus telling them to go out during the day light.

Well I guess Peter must have thought, what is there to lose. So he did it. Imagine the work it took to set sail again and go back into the sea, imagine what the other fishermen must have thought but Peter did it anyway. The results? Uncommon favor.

They caught so much fish they had to call in others to help them bring it in. The fish was so much it was sinking their boat. The blessing was too much it was now becoming a disaster and unless they called in others to share the blessing, they might have lost it.

Peter recognizes that this has to be God, what he has just witnessed is a miracle. Your boat may be empty though you have worked hard the whole night. Look unto Jesus and do what He tells you to do no matter how ridiculous it may see. Your empty boat will be so full of blessings it will start sinking and you will have to call in others to help you haul it in!