Luke 5:4-6 (NIV)
When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, "Put out into deep water,
and let down the nets for a catch."
Notice that Jesus told the fishermen to "put out into the deep water". He
never said to them, "Hang around the edges", but rather, "Go deeper". The
catch of fish they never could have imagined existed in their wildest dreams
lay deeper out in the ocean.
As you walk with God over time He ever calls you out to deeper waters in
your faith; places you have not been before and things you have never
experienced. Why? He wants to grow your faith! Faith will never increase by
the shoreline. It is where we begin but that is not where God leaves us to
fish and that is not where we are destined to end this fishing trip called
life.
God wants you to experience the "big catches" in your life but the reality
is they happen in deeper waters. When you leave the shore you leave what you
have known to be safe and in doing that you focus your trust on God. As you
leave your comfort zone and the still harbour of safety, you sail into the
tide of the supernatural, and it is in the currents of the deeper waters
that God does the things that are beyond what you can imagine (Eph 3:20).
Remember, Peter was in "deeper water" when he stepped out of the boat and
walked on the promises of God (Matt 14:30). Great things happen deeper out!
Hey Champion, don't live by the shore when it comes to God. When you hear
Him bid you to go deeper, cast off your lines and take a breath of faith so
you can sail towards what He has promised. So, do you want to catch cockles
and muscles by the shore, or tuna and swordfish from the deep? As for me and
my house, we are going after the big ones. How about you?
Andy
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