We are done… Jesus is not yet… (Luke 5:6) 200908
And when they had done this, they enclosed a great quantity of fish; and their nets began to break; (Luke 5:6)
I am very this point as I am writing this. Last night, I came back late from a church meeting, and continued to have some good time of sharing and praying with my wife. This morning, I have to get myself to wake up early to prepare for my Boys’ and Girls’ Brigade ministry; there is a shortage of manpower this morning, and I will have to share a devotion and also to lead a time of worship. But I still think that I will be good for me to start my day with God, to start my day having my breakfast and coffee with Jesus, to let myself soaking in the presence of God before I embark my journey today. I need Jesus to be with me, I can’t do it alone.
I need Jesus to be with me when I lead worship and devotion, as I am tired, I need His guidance to give the right word to the boys and girls. I need Jesus to give me strength and love as I will be having a makeup session with a brother for his baptism class, so that he will experience Christ love and assurance as he prepares himself for baptism. I need Jesus to love me and to help me to love my family when I come home later to spend time with them. I just need Jesus.
Jesus was with some fishermen. He simply told them to let down their nets again after they had worked all night and had no avail. A carpenter telling fishermen how to fish? Ironical? Humorous? Indeed, but they did as they were told and they had a big catch! It’s a miracle!
The miracle began even way before Jesus told them to recast their net. Jesus had to firstly command the fish to go for a hiding all night long, then at the point when He asked them to cast their nets again, He summoned them to come out and swim to the net to be caught. Not one fish, not two fishes, but a great quantity of fish, so much that the net began to break.
Jesus knows my heart. Jesus knows yours too. Jesus knows that we had worked very hard all day long, and some all night long, and even on Saturday. Jesus knows that we are tired, but Jesus is not done with us. Jesus wants to show us His grace and love and blessing in abundance, only if we continue to obey Him even when we are tired and have given up. Jesus knows how to bless us and want to bless s abundantly, more than we can ask for and imagine.
Those fishermen didn’t ask for fish, they had already closed shop, drying their nets. But they obeyed Jesus. I always think that these fishermen were very brave and dare to be different and stretched themselves just bit more to see what can happen. I cannot imagine this will happen to us today, but Jesus will still prompt us to do some strange and illogical things in the eyes of the world. Can you imagine Jesus ask you to turn on your computer after you shut it down and getting ready to go home, just to help a colleague to print a document? You want to go home to spend time with your family, after all this document is not urgent. But can you also foresee that this obedience of yours might lead you to hear the deepest struggles of this colleague or leading him to receive Jesus as Lord and Savior? Isn’t that an abundance blessing? Jesus is at work, even though you may be tired and just want to go home.
Can you imagine Jesus ask you to give a call to a student at the middle of the night and find out that he needs your help to solve a Mathematics problem which will give him the confident to do extremely well in his examination on the next day? Jesus is still at work, though we may think that we have done all that we can already.
Today, it will be busy and tired day for me. I will go home tired, but I also want to be sensitive to do what Jesus would ask me to do, even though it may seem illogical to me. I want to witness and experience the abundance of His power and joy to work in and through me. I want to see my net breaking up. When we are done, Jesus is still at work. He is already but not yet.
HHS…
Abel…
