FAITH CAPSULE:Jesus wants us to launch and give it up for Him to pick it up.

Luke 5:1-12

“When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, ‘Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.’” (Luke 5:4) This was a command that came after Jesus had finished speaking. It was not a suggestion; neither was it an idea. For Him to command Simon to launch was an indication that all Simon needed was already waiting in the deep. All Simon had to do was obey the Lord’s command. There are so many ways today that He is telling us to launch into the deep where our eyes cannot see what is deposited there in the deep. The inability of not being able to see what lies in the deep continues to make it difficult for us to launch into the deep just has He commanded in the pages of Bible. God is not a liar and He will not cause us to make a move where there is no available provision for our good. The problem with launching into the deep without having a breakthrough is rooted in the lack of complete obedience. Jesus’ command is not only to launch into the deep, but to launch and let down. In all of your launching, have you seriously been letting it down? Have you been partially letting it down or after launching, have you been holding back and not letting down? His command to Simon was clear and direct enough to generate the expected result for Simon. Is it clear enough to you that when you launch into the deep and let down as He commanded, you will come up with the grace of abundance? Launching into the deep and not letting down is an evidence of struggle and anxiety. It does us no good to give our problems to Jesus and then turn around and take them back by continuing to worry and doubt. Jesus wants us to launch and give it up for Him to pick it up. Simon and his fellow professional fishermen launched, let down their nets and they were able to see a miracle that turned them around into following Jesus to where they would never fail to catch and gain for the Kingdom’s glory. The fishermen did not only have a break through in their obedience, but the spirit of God also caught them. Luke 5:11, “So when they had brought their boats to land, they forsake all and followed Him.” It was a base-shifting miracle for the fishermen. The same word that sounded for the fishermen is still sounding for us today and the word is to launch into the deep things of God and allow Him to take over by letting it down for Him to pick us up from where we have let it down.

Prayer for today: Help my unbelief my Lord and my God; cause me to be constantly obedient to Your word.