The experience of Peter and his co-fishermen in Luke 5 is a practical illustration of the message we considered some days ago- seeking first the Kingdom and having every other thing added (Matt. 6:33).
and saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets. (Luke 5: 2 NKJV)
Peter and his friends had done all they knew to do without any success, so decided to wash their nets, shutdown and go home. Their boats were idle. It couldn’t matter much if they used it or anyone else. Yet, when the Master used Peter’s idle boat for just a few hours of preaching the Word, Peter encountered a bustling-bursting-
If God can reward the use of an idle boat (or service that was rendered out of convenience), is it our willingness to give our time and resources that He’ll not reward? Child of God, let us take God by His Word. Like Peter, some of us have been toiling all year round, running after contacts that we believe will bring our breakthrough without any success. In fact, some of us have even started washing our nets in frustration and hopelessness.
Today, if you can trade in your boat (time, wealth, talents) for His service, He’ll show you exactly where to launch in for that great catch, causing every other thing to be added to you.
But Simon answered and said to Him, "Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net." And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking. (Luke 5:5-6 NKJV).
Prayer Point
Lord, please give me the grace to embrace the wisdom that adds every other thing.
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