Sinking My Boat with Blessings

Ever feel so tired of doing the same thing over and over? Like laundry. Or dishes. Or chicken for dinner.

Some days the mundane routine of our day after day can exhaust us, mentally and physically. Yet day after day after day we continue to put in the effort it takes. Packing lunches, cleaning bathrooms, changing diapers, wiping tables, fixing dinners, and mediating arguments. We go through our days in sequential order, filing them with our best effort at being a Godly woman.

How often do you pause in your mundane to experience the Master?

In the book of Luke, Jesus is teaching from aboard the boat of Simon Peter. Now Simon had recently wrapped up a day at sea. He was a fisherman, and he had just come in from a full day of work doing the same ol’, same ol’. He had docked his boat on the shore and was washing his nets wrapping up his day’s work when Jesus climbed into his boat. Jesus asked Simon to push out to sea just a little so that He could teach the developing crowd.

Lets pause for just a moment and ask ourselves this: Do you really think Simon wanted to get back in his boat?

Potentially just like Simon, sometimes the last thing I want to do is load the dishwasher for the third time today. And sometimes the last thing I want to do is open my Bible at the end of a very long day.

Thankfully, Simon obeyed.

And then his long day stretched into one of those never-ending kind.

After He finished teaching Jesus told Simon, “Put into deep water and let down your nets for a catch.” (Luke 5:4) This time Simon allows himself to speak out a bit and replies, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night long and caught nothing but at your word, I’ll let down the nets.” (Luke 5:5)

Notice that big, giant ‘but’ there… that’s where I stumble.

I begin with the same complaint, “I’ve done this a thousand times,” or “I’ve tried for days to get this done.” I find myself too bored or too frustrated to even consider trying again. I just want to give up. And when I allow myself to stop – even for a moment – I am missing the overflowing nets of blessing.

When Simon obeyed he filled his nets so full he had to call for backup. And both boats trudged into shore sinking because they were so full! When Simon agreed to allow Jesus to interrupt – even in its inconvenience – He poured out in abundance.

What if you and I could allow Jesus to stop us in the midst of our mundane to listen to His Word? Where is God asking for your faithfulness so that He can teach you? What is He asking you to do just once more so that He can pour into your world? What blessings would fill our nets?