Read the story of the miracle of fishes Jesus performed with Peter in Luke 5:1-11. Jesus told Peter to "Launch out into the deep, and let down you NETS for a draught", Peter must have doubted the word of Jesus since they'd worked all night and caught nothing. He told Jesus that 'nevertheless at thy word I will let down the NET'. The Master told him to let down NETS, more than the one NET, as Peter said. That tells us that God is able to bless with more than enough!!! He took Peter from a worldly outlook to the way God had in mind to bless him. Peter changed his mindset and obeyed Christ. What a lesson for us today.
We hear the voice of the Lord all the time, but do we listen? Satan is also speaking but that is why it is so vitally important for us to be faithful to the church, and be active in following the Lord. Just like a mother can pick out the cry of her baby from all the others, we have to learn to hear the voice of God in our lives. We need to read the Word and pray and mingle with other Christians~that's how we succeed~to launch out into the deep. We must expand our faith, because without it we can't please God. It takes faith to follow and obey God. After an encounter with the Lord, your life will NEVER be the same! The potential and the plan of God for your life would amaze you if you could see His path for you.
Have you been praying for something for what seems like forever? The correct prayer is to be obedient. Jesus turned to His 12 disciples and told them the harvest is plenty but the laborers are few. What we need to do is to pray "Lord, take_______________(whoever you have a burden for) before God and pray that someone will cross paths with him/her to point them to the Lord". Meanwhile, you go out and talk to people, invite them to church, love and encourage them. The Word tells us "You reap what you sow".
Bro. Smith remembers a precious lady he knew who had a ministry of calling people she was concerned about. After 10 long years, the woman she had prayed for and called each week came to church and was saved. The testimony the woman gave was that untold times she had been sitting with a gun pointed at her head when the phone would ring and the prayer warrior would be on the other line, encouraging and just loving her. What a beautiful picture of our Lord Jesus who stands at our heart's door and knocks, yearning to come in and abide with us. If you have ever noticed that famous painting of Jesus standing at the door, there is no doorknob on the outside. That is because Christ will never come in until you let Him into your life. You have to open it from the inside. He is above all, a gentleman.
