Let go!

I have just been reading about one of the miracles Jesus did in Luke 5:1–11. This is when Simon (Peter) and his fishing partners had worked all night and caught nothing, so they gave up and were washing their nets. Jesus then got into Simon’s boat and taught the people. He stopped speaking and told Simon to go back out there into the deep. This obviously would not have made any sense to Simon, but He did what Jesus said to do anyway and caught so much that they had to get the other boat over so that both boats could not contain the amount of fish they had caught. Simon and all the other people there were totally amazed, then Jesus said to Simon, “From now on, you will catch men.”

God really does care for us. We sometimes might think that He just cares for our eternity, but He so much cares about every part of our life now, at this very moment.

This passage is amazing! This was Simon’s business and income. Simon and his fishing partners had worked all night and caught nothing. That would be like working for a full day and not getting paid for it. I don’t know anything about fishermen, but I know you would not be guaranteed to catch fish every time you went out. They would have been disappointed, tired and fed up, while they were washing their nets. Simon still let Jesus into his boat to preach though, who knows if he was really listening to what Jesus was saying. Perhaps Simon didn’t, because Jesus stopped speaking, then told him to go back out into the deep and cast your nets again. I mean, Jesus would’ve known exactly what they were thinking. Simon did start to protest. He would’ve thought, “Are you crazy? We’ve been out there all night! Now all our nets are clean, we are all tired and have had enough for tonight! Whatever though, you are the boss, we’ll give it another go.” And that’s when the miracle comes.

Jesus wants us to face our problems, but through Him. As I stated before, this was Simon’s income and business which he worked so hard to just get a little. It was a serious problem that night, because he did all that work for nothing. It was no problem to Jesus! The only way Simon could face his problem again, was by listening to Jesus’ word and obeying it, even though it didn’t any make sense. Just look at the outcome! The only problem he ended up having was that he had way too much fish that he had to get help and give it away! How awesome is that?

Jesus will always test us with how and what we are believing and if we are really trusting Him. He might tell us to do something that doesn’t make any sense and that will go against everything in our natural mind and what the world expects. “My ways are not your ways, my thoughts are not your thoughts.”

Jesus has taken care of all our problems – physical and spiritual. What we do though, is let ourselves get worried and try to do everything ourselves. What usually happens when we do that, is we get exhausted, stressed, worried, depressed, frustrated and angry. God wants us to let go, listen to His words and trust in Him. Especially in the area where we are struggling the most – because when we give that area over to God, he totally turns it around and makes it our strongest area – in the physical realm and the spiritual! That is when we 100% know that we are living in His grace and His power – because we finally have let Him sort out all our problems and let Him take over our lives. The problems are not problems anymore. The only problems we would have, is the huge amount of things God wants to show and give to us, will just overflow our lives so much that we would have to give it away – physical and spiritual! How awesome is our God!

Out of Control and Loving It: Giving God Complete Control of Your Life By Lisa Bevere / Charisma House Is your grip on life so tight that God cannot work out His plan? Lisa Bevere shares an incredible discovery that helped her let go of her obsession to manage and manipulate everything around her. You are about to take a journey from a lifestyle of fear and disorder to a haven of rest and peace under God's protective wings. This revised edition includes interactive study questions and new testimonies from women who learned to let go and trust God's protection. 184 pages, softcover from Charisma House.