Into The Deep

This morning I was meditating on Luke 5:4 - And when He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, "Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a Catch" Of course, you know the rest of the story. On that night they caught a catch like they had never caught before to the point that their nets were breaking due to the massive weight of all the fish. They even had to call over their friends in other boats because they ran out of room in their own vessel. Now most of you know that I love to fish so naturally passages like this in the Bible tend to grab my attention, recently I was bass fishing at a local lake and we were really having a banner day however, we began to notice a pattern that when we fished in the shallow waters we tended to only catch the smaller fish, but when we could find the deep channels and deep underwater creeks we seemed to catch larger fish. When I was reading over the Luke 5:4 passage this morning God spoke to me and said don't settle for being a shallow water Christian, but dare to dive deeper, love greater, dream bigger, and give more. As I reflected on this I began to realize that Jesus was teaching the disciples a far greater lesson than just about where to fish. He was more importantly trying to teach them to stay out in the deep things of God, to dive deeply into His word and discover the depth of God's Greatness and love. I encourage and challenge you today to not settle for being a shallow water Christian, but dare to dive deeper with God. Yes sometimes the deeper you go the stronger the current, but remember that those who swim in the fast current are those that become stronger because of it. Be willing to launch out into the deep and get ready for God to blow your mind.

Your Friend,
Jake