The Miracle Came as a Result of Hearing and Responding
There are times in all of our lives when it seems like all that we're working for and reaching for comes up empty.
The disciples understood this situation, and they were quite frustrated and tired. They had been out fishing all night without any success. Then when they were giving up and coming back to shore, Jesus appeared and told them to throw their nets on the other side of the boat.
I can only imagine what they were thinking! "How is that going to help? We're exhausted. We're done!" But Jesus persisted in His request, "Throw out your nets once again but on the other side."
Some of you may be feeling like His disciples on that day. You've worked hard and tirelessly. Now you're tired, frustrated, and just "done." You're about to abandon any attempt to continue trying, but I see Jesus coming upon the shore of your life, and He is shouting to you, "Throw your net on the other side!"
For the disciples, the act of putting their nets out again, with only a slight shift in what they'd already been doing, was their way of honoring and showing respect for Jesus. Most likely, they didn't have any belief that it would actually make a difference. But the miracle came as a result of hearing His voice and responding, even when they had no hope for a different outcome.
What Is He Asking You to Do?
What is the Lord asking you to respond to, even if you have no hope of a different outcome?
The miracle wasn't because the other side of the boat was more strategic; it was to show them that listening and responding to His voice would open the way for the biggest catch they'd ever caught or witnessed. (Photo via Raw Pixel)
Is God asking you to try one more time with just a slight difference in how you've been doing things? Is your miracle going to happen after you've exhausted every effort to get the results you need and are hoping for?
For many of you, the Lord is standing on the shore of your life and has an opportunity for you to receive your miracle. What is He asking you to do? What do you have to lose? What did the disciples have to lose? The worst that could have happened was that nothing would change, but beyond that outcome they had everything to gain.
What If You Are Just One Strike Away?
It reminds me of a cartoon I saw of a miner with his pickax, chipping away at a cave wall to find gold. Yet in his discouragement and weariness, he gave up right before he got to the gold. What if you're just one swing away from striking gold and from receiving your miracle?
If the fishermen had ignored the voice of Jesus, they never would have experienced the miracle planned for them. They would have left empty-handed, but instead they not only left with more than they could "ask or imagine," they also left with great joy, renewed faith, and a miracle that they could only attribute to the glory of the Lord.
"When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers. Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, 'The LORD has done great things for them.' The LORD has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.
"Restore our captives, O LORD, like streams in the Negev. Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain." (Psalm 126 BSB)
You have sown in tears but will reap with shouts of joy, carrying the promise within your arms! Your tears are not wasted but seeds that will make way for your miracle harvest.
The Lord Himself will do it, and you will shout, "The Lord has done great things for me!" It's time to throw out your net one more time!
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Kathi Pelton
Inscribe Ministries
Email:Â jkpelton@sbcglobal.net
Website:Â www.inscribeministries.com
Jeffrey and Kathi Pelton live in Portland, Oregon. Jeffrey is a writer, teacher and book editor. Kathi is an author and prophetic voice to the Church. They walk with nations and individuals to see God's original intent fulfilled. Their ministry, Inscribe Ministries, was founded upon the verse from Habakkuk 2:2 that says, "Then the LORD answered me and said: 'Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it.'"
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