At Your Word
“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.” And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking.” — Luke 5:4-6 NKJV Gracious Lord Jesus, my friend and my King, Five words leap off the page: "At Your word I will..." Despite all the knowledge Simon had about fishing, all the experience he had, all that the present circumstances indicated, he said, "nevertheless at Your word I will..." The result was a catch that broke the nets. Lord, how many times have you given me a word that ran counter to everything I know and have experienced? What would have been the result if each time I would have simply replied, "At Your word I will..."? How many nets would have broken if I had just admitted, "This makes no sense t...