Let down your nets

Luk 5:4  Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. 

Luk 5:5  And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. 

Luk 5:6  And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake. 

Luk 5:7  And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink. 

Luk 5:8  When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. 

Jesus had started His ministry, He had been going and preaching and teaching by Himself up to this point. He has already gone through the temptations and the Baptism of John, He had been rejected in Nazareth already, now He is going out and about.

Peter, who was a disciple of John the Baptist was at the baptism of Jesus, so he was aware of who Jesus was. He knew John revered Him so He listened to Jesus, though not expecting any thing.

However. take note that Jesus said let down your nets, Peter obeyed but only let down one net. Peter had a partner ship, Peter did not call for the other ship to let down its net. Peter did not fully obey for he was the fisherman, he knew when where how and why. Yet he did partial obedience, not prepared for the One who was sending him.

Peter knew Christ, respected Him, and listened to Him but not fully expecting anything, after all he knew fishing.

He had a head knowledge but not a heart knowledge as yet.

His (Peter's) net was nigh to breaking because he did not let down the "nets", he needed help getting the catch in because he was not fully prepared for the blessing God had for him. His fellow fisherman had to come over and help bring in all the fish, to catch the over fill so that both ships were close to sinking.

Peter for all his faults, at least listened to Christ, he did obey, even though it seemed futile as they had no return on their hard nights work to this point.

How many of us will listen and go out after all day or all night working for the harvest and having no catch to show?

Would we say I am too tired? What's the point? You can't be serious I was just there! Or would we half heartedly comply?

How many of us in the face of rejection, in the full course of an empty harvest, would be willing to go back and say yes Lord and fully comply?

Many times we get dis-spirited after an hour or two, that to go back out there at the Spirit's prompting to where we had just "wasted" time would be folly in our opinion.

Christ knew where the fish were that are ready for the harvest. Christ knows the hearts and minds of men. He knows when the time is right to let down the nets.

He said Peter let down your nets for the draught or catch. Peter listened but only with his ears not his heart.