Dropping Your Nets

In Luke chapter 5, Jesus tells Peter to take his boat out into the deep water and drop his nets.  

Peter, an experienced fisherman, had been up all night, tirelessly trying to catch fish that were nowhere to be found, had stayed long enough to hear Jesus speak and was undoubtedly ready to go to bed instead of drop nets in the same waters he had already experienced as fruitless. 

Nonetheless, Peter said, "because you say so, I will" (v. 5b).  It is important to note that Peter did not say that he thought it was a good idea - quite the opposite, he said, "we've worked hard all night and haven't caught anything" (v. 5a).

Peter was clearly saying that they had thoroughly fished that area out and found it void of fish.  Yet, in spite of what his experience told him, he chose to obey.

He caught so many fish he had to call his partners, James and John, to bring another boat.  

Principle: Obeying God may not always seem attractive or even logical, but God can bless us in ways we would not have otherwise imagined.

Action: Do what the Lord directs even when it directly contradicts what you want or think you should do.  Go ahead and drop your nets.  Leave the fish part up to God.  Jus' Say'n.