“Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch” (Luke 5:4 ESV).
After Peter had fished all night, catching nothing, Jesus came to him and asked to use his boat. He needed it as a speaking platform to teach the crowds gathered there to hear Him. When He finished speaking, He told Peter to put the boat out into deep water and let down his nets for a catch. Peter explained that they had toiled all night without success, but because Jesus commanded it, he would obey. When they did, they caught so many fish that their nets began to break!
Peter let Jesus use his boat and nets. He trusted Jesus’ word over his own experience and understanding. His obedience led to the greatest catch of his life—not just of fish, but of faith. That moment changed Peter forever. Jesus was calling him to something greater, beyond the shallow waters of routine life. Soon, Peter would leave behind his nets to follow Christ and become a fisher of men. When we surrender to Jesus, He takes what we offer—our skills, careers, possessions, and even our failures—and transforms them for His greater purpose.
Is Jesus in your boat? Is He the Captain of your life? Have you surrendered your career, your possessions, your very life to Him? And if Jesus tells you, “Go deep!”—will you obey? The greatest adventure of faith begins when we launch out in full surrender, trusting His word and stepping into the depths of His purpose.
PRAYER: Dear Father, we surrender our lives and all we have to Your Son, Jesus. For He gave His life for us. And the only appropriate response is for us to give our lives fully and wholly to Him. We wait with joyful expectation to hear Christ’s command to “go deep.” For we know that it is in obeying His Word and abiding in Him that we bear much fruit. In Jesus’ name, amen.