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THE MIRACULOUS DRAUGHT OF FISHES
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3
Luke 5:1-11

Matthew 8:18-22

 

Even the fishes obey Him.

 

THE MIRACULOUS DRAUGHT OF FISHES
 
Our Lord had an unwearied readiness for every good work. Our Lord preached to a crowd, not in any consecrated building or place set apart for public worship, but in the open air; not in a pulpit constructed for the preacher’s use, but in a fisherman’s boat (Luke 5:1-3). Souls were waiting to be fed. Personal inconvenience was not allowed a place in His consideration. God’s work must not stand still.
 
Servants of Christ should learn a lesson from the Master. We are not to wait until every little obstacle or difficulty is removed before we put our hand to the plough or go forth to sow the seed of the Word. Let us work with the tools that we have. While we are lingering and delaying, souls are perishing. It is the slothful heart that is always looking at the hedge of thorns and the lion in the way (Prov 15:19; 22:13). Where we are, and as we are, in season or out of season, by one means or another, by tongue or pen, by speaking or writing, let us strive to be ever working for God. Let us never stand still.
 
What encouragement our Lord gives to unquestioning obedience. Our Lord’s command to Simon (Luke 5:4) received a reply which exhibited in a striking manner the mind of a good servant (Luke 5:5). Luke 5:6 tells us the reward of this ready compliance with the Lord’s command.
 
A practical lesson for us is contained under these simple circumstances. Let us learn the lesson of ready, unhesitating obedience to every command of Christ. The path of duty may sometimes be hard and disagreeable. The wisdom of the course we follow may not be apparent to the world. But none of these things must move us. We are to go straight forward when Jesus says, “Go.” And do a thing decidedly, boldly and unflinchingly, when Jesus says, “Do it.” We are to walk by faith and not by sight, and believe that what we see not now to be reasonable and right, we shall see hereafter. So acting we shall never find that we are losers. Sooner or later we shall reap a great reward.
 
THOUGHT: Disobedience can always make reasons out of excuses but God knows the motive of the heart (1 Cor 4:5).

PRAYER: Father, help me not to make excuses for disobeying Thee.

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