Thursday 2 Sep 2021

September 2: Luke 5:1-11
 
Key Verse: Luke 5:5
Simon answered, ‘Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.’
 
Devotion:
I wonder, have you ever been in a position like this where you have tried almost every way to do something and failed, when along comes some stranger and tells you to do something you have either tried, or something which sounds silly... only to find their way actually worked! I know I have turned down help from people before thinking that I know better, and on many occasions I have failed altogether because I refused to just try their way...
 
Jesus was teaching people, by telling them the truth and showing them how God's word (the scriptures) is as important then as it was in Moses' day. The same is true for us now, the bible being so important and true even though it depicts events many thousands of years ago. These are the stories Jesus was trying to explain to the people.
 
We look at the bible and we think it cannot be relevant because it is so old, but the truth is it is still as important now as it was back then. The ways we live and how we do things is definitely very different, so we have to think on the words we read. We drive cars, fly in aeroplanes and cross oceans in boats bigger than palaces were in those days... but God's Word is still relevant and true now...
 
If we are willing to listen to God and obey His wishes, we will find things come together in our lives. Not in the same way as they did thousands of years ago, but as they are now. Computers help us. Doctors have amazing skills now. Medicine should blow your mind! But God still wants us to hear the truth and to trust Him and obey.
 
Points to Ponder:
What great things happen today?
 
Do you thank God for those great things?