FAITH CAPSULE: With Jesus all time is set to meet the plan and purpose of God.  

Luke 5:1-11

The Bible recorded, “So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the word of God that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, and saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets.” (Luke 5:1-2)Jesus showed up despite the multitudes that were pressing Him at the Lake of Gennesaret. Multitude is an agent of delay. Multitude is a crowd that will not allow you to see Jesus when He is passing by. Despite the multitude’s pressing, Jesus was able to found a place in Simon’s vessel to sit. The multitudes at the Lake of Gennesaret were not able to stop Him from showing up concerning the lack of catch by the professional fishermen. The fishermen were washing their nets because it was time for them to go. They have toiled all night with nothing to show for their toiling. Have you been toiling for with nothing to show for your toiling? It is not time to give up, wait and watch out for Jesus and He will soon show up concerning all of your concerns. It is written, “When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net.”” (Luke 5: 4-5) At the time the fishermen were to be launching away from the deep, Jesus asked them to launch into the deep. It was the wrong time for launching into deep because the time of launching deep was past and it produced no result but with the Jesus there is no wrong timing. With Jesus all time is set to meet the plan and purpose of God. Has He been asking you to move when it is time to withdraw or has He been telling you to withdraw when it is time to move? If you will listen by the grace of God, your story will change for good. Despite Simon’s fishing skill he had no reason not to obey Jesus. Simon Peter and his fellow professional fishermen responded to the word that called for a catch. A word from Jesus that commanded for a catch filled up all the emptiness. Just a word caused a breakthrough that was enough for others to partake in its blessing. Just a word from Jesus is always enough to terminate struggle. The word of God produced an astonished experience in the life of the professional fisher men when they had a net breaking catch where they have toiled all night with nothing to show forth.

Prayer for today: Ask the Lord God to allow His word sound in your direction for breakthrough.