All Night for Nothing

Remember the Christmas you stayed up all night trying to put together the "perfect" gift from "Santa?" The only problem was you couldn't get it to work. You finally give up at 5am, just about the time the kids came downstairs.

Today my professor reminded us of the story of Peter fishing. Peter and his men fished ALL NIGHT LONG & caught NOTHING! The next morning Jesus strolled up on the beach and said, "Put your nets on the other side of the boat."

Suppose Jesus came downstairs with your kids that Christmas morning at 5am and said, "Put the screw in the hole on the left side." What would our reaction be? It's like when your spouse who has been standing "watching" you work all night says, "You should do this." How do we react? Throw the instruction manual at them?

Remember, Peter and his buddies didn't know it was Jesus telling them what to do!
Peter did it, though! He took the nets and threw them to the right!

Do you ever feel like you are at the end of your rope?

You've tried everything when it comes to...

Getting along with your spouse.
Dealing with a boss.
Trying to raise your teenager.
Saving $ but everytime you turn around there is another expense.
Living healthy.
Closing a sales deal.
Finding a job.
Handling an unreasonable teacher or coach.

When Peter tried everything he could ALL NIGHT LONG, Jesus showed up with the ANSWER.
Peter was at the end of his emotions & effort, when Jesus gave him 1 simple thing to do.

What is the 1 simple thing Jesus is telling us to do today?
Do what our spouse wants even when we don't feel like it.
Be consistent with a teen or spend quality time with him.
Make 10 more phone calls to land that 1 account.
Call a recruiter.
Give up smoking.
Send a thank you note to a teacher.

When we do that 1 simple thing the results are HUGE!

Peter put his net on the other side. There were so many fish the men couldn't haul in the nets.
Jesus knows where the fish are, are we willing to go or do what he tells us in order to find them?

"Throw your net on the right side of the boat & you will find some."

John 21:6