Not Many Days Left...
Wow, the summer is gone! It seems like it just began, and now I must return at the end of this week back to Maine. But the Lord is so good and He is going to do so much this week, I`m sure of it.
Sometimes when there is just a little time left or we`ve been doing something for a while now, and we`ve worked so hard at it, but maybe haven`t seen everything we wanted to see happen, we get discouraged or we don`t want to go and try again. But in my quiet time yesterday I came across an encounter that Simon (as Jesus refers to him as here instead of Peter) had with Jesus in Luke 5.
Simon is in his boat and Jesus wants to use it to talk with the people, and he does, and when he finishes teaching, he tells Simon to push the boat into deeper water and cast the nets out again. Simon tells Jesus that they`d been fishing all night long, BUT if He tells him to cast out the nets, he will. And they received a monster catch of fish!
Then Simon saw that he was a sinful man, and despite who he was, Jesus used him to catch a ton of fish. Clearly, Simon could claim no credit for what happened. Then Jesus tells him that he will now be a fisher of men.
This encouraged me so much, because despite who I am, despite how tired I am, despite how much I`ve done, despite how hard I`ve worked - when the Master tells us to go out into deeper waters, where things aren`t safe or scripted, we must go and throw down our nets, expecting Him to bring forth the catch.
Jesus is calling you to push your boat into deeper water and trust in Him, and cast out your nets - because He will make you fishers of men.
This might be my last post in Montreal, but I will update when I return home. Please pray for this last week, as it will be extremely busy. But, may the Lord bless the nets that we cast out.
This past weekend, there were a few guys that came to know Jesus as their Savior as well. Praise the Lord. One of the stories is amazing in how the Lord worked out some obstacles on the street to reach this guy. I love how Jesus works in people`s heart. God is so good! So, I must go now, but please pray that the Lord would bless our going out this last week and that many would come to know Him as a result - and that He would be glorified!
Fisher of men - by God`s grace.
Dwight
posted by dwight at 10:46 AM
4 Comments:
Can't wait to have you back!
Yes, yes, yes! I will continue to pray for you while you're in Montreal. May God continue to use you in powerful ways even to the last minute. Don't worry...you'll be back again (in Montreal)!
4:32 PM
Can't wait to see you this weekend! It's been four months since we have seen each other. I feel so connected though as I can read and experience through your blogs what things have been like for you this summer. When I tell people what you have been up to this summer, they look at me a little strange and think you're on some kind of vacation. Yeah, right! Anyway, hope to see you and the team in action Saturday night. I'm praying for good weather so I will have a chance to share with you in one of the things that you have been so passionate about over the summer months. God has used you and so many others over these few months; many lives that have been touched by your obedience and others' may never be known until that beautiful day when we all meet Jesus together in glory. Just remember, like you have told me in the past, one day we will die and go to heaven if Jesus doesn't come back for us before that day!!! What a wonderful day that will be when Jesus calls us home to live with Him forever. Keep following Him and obeying and your life will be so full that it will overflow. I am so proud to be called your "Mom" and to see how you have followed God in his command to "GO". See you soon. Love, Mom
8:11 PM
hi! praying for you.
hang in there man . . .
1:32 PM
so, i definitely just found out that you saw tallie and beth. WHAT? exciting for sure, but wish i could have been there too. neh, i'll get over it ;) hope all is good in the "life of dwight"
1:17 PM
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