Jesus came across a group of dudes who were having a pretty horrible day fishing. When these fellas had a bad day fishing, the consequences were a bit more serious than just having no stories for their drinking buddies; they had no food (or no commodities to trade for food).
So Jesus tells them to go out and throw their nets on the other side of the boat. Pretty nuts.
And this wasn’t some super-spiritual decision. This wasn’t a hard action, this wasn’t a reverent action (it seems more likely that these soon-to-be disciples were cursing Jesus under their breath instead of singing “just as I am”)
Instead, they simply did what God asked of them in a very material, immediate, practical way.
And they experienced a miracle.
They didn’t pray. They didn’t seek wise counsel. They didn’t ask their pastor, preist, Sunday school teacher, or spouse. They just did something really simple.
I wonder how much more I’d experience God if I just did several of the immediate, material, practical ideas we find throughout scripture.
I wonder how I might experience God if I literally turned the other cheek when someone hit me. What if I just stayed silent when people talked trash instead of defending myself. I wonder how I might experience God if I took a more strict holding to sabbath. What if I literally fasted more often? What if literally gave to every single person who asked of me?
There are million simple, immediate, tangible gestures of obedience that we could live out and just wait and see what God does.
Just a challenge.
Maybe more for me than you.
(originally posted here)
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