Net, Nets or Nuts

Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. 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. (Luke 5:4-5 KJV)

Even when you know it won’t work –

Even when you know you don’t have support –

Can we respond, as Peter did, “At thy word, I will”

And, when we finally respond positively, do we use one net, or more.

Christ said “let down your nets” and Peter responded “I will let down the net.” How small is our faith that we only use one net.

Or, do we just decline and say “He’s nuts! There’s nothing to be caught!”

The Bible tells us that men were marveled and amazed at Christ’s words and actions:

But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him! (Matthew 8:27 KJV)

And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him. (Mark 1:27 KJV)

It must have been easier for them to understand that this man was the Son of God since they saw His work. We’ve heard testimony of it for millennia since that time, still some do not respond to who He is. Many have, and Christ said of them:

Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. (John 20:29 KJV)

Are you among the blessed that have not seen, yet have believed what the centurion stated so plainly:

Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. (Matthew 27:54 KJV)