DAILY READINGS: Num. 23:27-24:25; Prov. 21:12-22:16; Luke 1:1-25
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
It had been a fruitless night of fishing when the Lord said “Launch out into the deep.” Simon’s resisting response of “nevertheless” was that of a defeated disciple who had spent a long, hard night of fishing with
no catch. But why call Him “Master” if there was only a half-hearted obedience? This was only a partial obedience for just “the net” was dropped overboard, yet “the net” could not hold the overflow of fish! Have you surrendered all to the Lord Jesus? —Jim Comte
All to Jesus I surrender, all to Him I freely give;
I will ever love and trust Him, in His presence daily live.—J. Van deVenter