~ Jesus Christ Sees Both Our Problems and the Solutions ~
General Comment
~ When Jesus saw there was always an appropriate reaction and in each case
we can learn from the event.
Today’s Scripture
~ “So
it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the Word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, and
saw two boats standing by the lake;
but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets. Then He got into one of the boats, which was
Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. And He sat down and taught the multitudes
from the boat. When He had stopped
speaking, He said to Simon, ‘Launch out into the deep and let down your nets
for a catch.’ 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. So they signaled
to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so
that they began to sink. When Simon
Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, ‘Depart from me, for I am a
sinful man, O Lord!’ For he and all who
were with him were astonished at the catch of fish which they had taken; and so
also were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, ‘Do not be afraid.
From now on you will catch men.’ So when they had brought their boats to land,
they forsook all and followed Him” (Luke 5:1-11).
Application ~ If
your Heavenly Father knows the intimate details of your life and situation why
should we ever worry? Jesus said, “I say to you, do not
worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about
your body, what you will put on. Is not
life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they
neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds
them. Are you not of more value than
they? Which of you by worrying can add
one cubit to his stature? So why do you
worry about clothing? Consider the
lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say
to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of
these. Now if God so clothes the grass
of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not
much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we
drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For
after all these things the Gentiles seek.
For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek
first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be
added to you. Therefore do not worry
about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble” (Matthew
6:25-34).
~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW
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