For with God nothing shall be impossible Sometimes we, like Simon, have worked as hard as we think we can, but have no fish to show for it. At those times, when our nets are up and our ship is back on shore, Jesus invites us to "launch out into the deep and let down our nets for a catch."
Simons’ response was "Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net." In the Garden of Eden, Jesus was asked to do more than he felt capable of doing. “Father, if thou be willing, take this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.” It is hard; I don’t think I can. Nevertheless. It is the act of saying nevertheless, and submitting our will to God’s, even if it seems impossible, that allows us to experience the enabling power of Christ’s mercy and experience miracles in our lives. Mary, when told she would conceive the son of God, said “How will this be?” (Simon: How can I catch fish? Jesus: How can I drink this bitter cup?) Yet she, like Simon and Jesus (and unlike her husband, who wavered as we often do) said an unspoken nevertheless, followed by “Behold the handmaiden of the Lord, be it according to thy will.” I bear testimony that when we submit completely to the will of the Lord, He provides a way. Like Simon, we find a great multitude of fishes in barren waters. Like Mary and Elizabeth, we find children in barren wombs. Like Jesus, we accomplish our missions and achieve the inconceivable. For with God nothing shall be impossible.
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Jackie Kemsley
3/8/2019 01:39:17 pm
What a great message this is for me at this time. Lately I have been
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