Follow Instructions
Luke 5:5
“Master,” Simon replied, We’ve worked hard all night long and caught nothing! But at Your word, I’ll let down the nets.”
A story is told of an Old man who was wandering in the desert looking for water. He approached an old area where he found a water pump. Next to the water pump he saw a one gallon jug with a note on the hug that said, “Use all the water to prime the pump.” The Old man’s instincts said to drink the water and not trust the pump. Nevertheless, he poured the water into the pump and began pumping until an abundance of cool water came to the top.
Peter and his colleagues have toiled all night trying to catch fishes but they couldn’t and then Jesus came during the day and told them to let down their nets. Peter instinct must have told him, ‘we are fishermen and the best time to catch fishes is towards the evening into the night.’ To Peter, what Jesus said does not make sense. Nevertheless, he followed the instruction given to him by Jesus and there was a great number of fish caught even till the point that their nets broke.
Sometimes, God’s word to man might look insensible and the instructions given might look awkward to the given situation, but one thing is that, it is always right. Just follow the instruction God has given you by his Holy Spirit and you will see bountiful result.
CONFESSION
I am obedient to God’s word, and I follow the instructions given to me by God. Amen
