The Bible tells us that Jesus began His earthly ministry at about 30 years old. His teaching had a great appeal and the numbers of followers and listeners grew quickly. One day the crowd was so big that Jesus borrowed a fishing boat from a fisherman named Simon in order to go out into the water a little way to sit and teach the large crowd.
Even while the crowd was there Jesus saw an opportunity to teach an individual. Because He cares as much about one as He does about many, He took that opportunity. “Let out from the shore a bit Simon and let down your nets.” Simon was still young in His faith, Jesus command didn’t make any human sense because they had been fishing all night and found nothing. His statement is a great challenge though – “Nevertheless, at your word I will let down my nets.”
Notice the faith and willingness to obey Jesus. Jesus said it and that was enough for Simon. Sometimes we can read our Bibles or hear something preached about and trying to reason if this is something that we really need to do or not.
It really is pretty simple – when Jesus says it that really ought to be enough. What are we willing to do at His word?
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