I know that many have read this story many times. Last night it was verse 5 that caught my attention. They were sent out to try again. They'd been at it all night. They'd not caught anything and now this stranger wanted them to try again.
Sometimes it's hard to see where the progress is in what we are doing. Perhaps the message here is to just try again. Perhaps throw the net over the other side this time. Try it at sunset instead of sunrise. Take a stranger with you and try and build a new relationship. It worked for the fishing crew - they caught so much their nets almost broke.
In applying this to our church, I just heard God saying - keep at it, try again, don't lose faith. There's great things happening, so perhaps our risk isn't giving up, but complacency. Either way, let's push out this year, throw the nets in again and believe for a catch that bursts the nets.
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