I WILL!

"Now it came about that while the people came pushing to be near him, and to have knowledge of the word of God, he was by a wide stretch of water named Gennesaret; And he saw two boats by the edge of the water, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. And he got into one of the boats, the property of Simon, and made a request to him to go a little way out from the land. And being seated he gave the people teaching from the boat. And when his talk was ended, he said to Simon, Go out into deep water, and let down your nets for fish. And Simon, answering, said, Master, we were working all night and we took nothing: but at your word I will let down the nets. And when they had done this, they got such a great number of fish that it seemed as if their nets would be broken; And they made signs to their friends in the other boat to come to their help. And they came, and the two boats were so full that they were going down" (Luke 5:1-7. my emphasis.)

Peter and his fishermen friends had been out fishing all night, but caught nothing. When they came back to shore, Jesus asked if He could borrow one of the boats, and Peter let Jesus use his. When Jesus was finished using the boat as a pulpit, He told Peter to let down his nets again.

Peter was an experienced fisherman, and he knew that fishing was not so smart to do during the day. I guess many thoughts ran through Peter's mind, argumentative thoughts and probably also thoughts about how tired he was and he wanted to go home and sleep. After all, he had been out all night, trying to catch fish.

However, Peter didn't follow his natural, human reasonings, but he said: I will let down the nets. He said: I WILL! Jesus gave him a word, and Peter followed that word.

And here's my message for today:

My personal "I WILL" is a determining factor for how my life will turn out!

What would your response to Jesus' Words have been? Argumentative, negative and humanly? Many people's answer would have been that way. But today we can learn from Peter and say: I will! At Your Word, Jesus, I will do it your way!

What was Peter's experience from doing it Jesus' way?  "They got such a great number of fish that it seemed as if their nets would be broken." That's supernatural! That's above and beyond all Peter could imagine. And if you and I say "I will" to Jesus' Words today, we also will experience netbraking results!