Underestimating Jesus
Luke 5:4-6 [4] Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. [5] And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. [6] And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
We’ve all heard many messages I’m sure preached from this passage. There are many things you can look in our text verses as well as what is around them. I’ve heard it preached on many times on the fact that Simon let down a net and not the nets as Jesus had instructed him to do. Was Simon tired? Did he not want to get more than one net back into the water? Did he strictly not see a point in it all cause he said they had been out all night. I don’t know what exactly he was thinking. Did he perhaps underestimate Jesus? Do we underestimate Jesus? How many things do we use in our everyday lives that we never give it a second thought that they will work when we go to use them. We go to start our car we just trust it’s going to work. Pick up our phone just knowing it’s charged and ready to go. The list could go on and on. What about when it comes to our Lord? Do we take our burdens to Him immediately? When we pray for something how confident are we on Him answering those prayers? How patient are we in waiting of His direction and instructions in our life? Do we underestimate all that He is and all that He can do? I believe we know what the Lord can do for us, what He can accomplish with our lives, and that He can lead us where we need to go. I’m afraid we can underestimate just how wonderfully He can do all those things, and instead put trust in our own judgments first. Thinking we know what’s best, and we know how and when to do things. We might even think we aren’t capable of doing something God is leading us to do. Knowing I’m unworthy to be used is different than not doing because I instead doubt God can use me. Don’t underestimate what God can do with your life or in your life!
God bless you today! Bro. Josh Richardson
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