I have been following a reading plan that spends 30 days with Jesus and today, Day 6, was focused on the passage when Jesus calls His disciples (Luke 5:1-11).
Jesus begins by teaching a large crowd of people from just off the shore in Peter's boat, and when He finished speaking He told Peter to cast his nets out. I am in love with Peter's response in Luke 5:5, he says "Master, we have worked hard all night and haven't caught anything. But because You said so, I will let the nets down."Too many times I find myself having this same conversation with God but stopping after Peter's first statement. Based on Perter's understanding from that slow day and from his lifetime experience as a fisherman, there would be no fish caught that day. Regardless he obediently cast out his nets, just as the Lord instructed simply because He said so.
Our perceptions of reality can sometimes seem more real than the truth of God's Word. Our emotions and bad circumstances have a way of leading us to a place of doubt and mistrust and making us vulnerable to replace the truths and promises of God's Words with lies. You know the type of lies that are... almost true, or the type of promises that could be true for someone else but don't seem like they are true for me. I do not wake up every morning and feel like God is with me, or that I am loved by God, or like God knows better than me and has my greatest good in mind. More often than not I wake up and feel like I am the one who knows what is best for me. The fact is God's Word is true regardless of our emotions, circumstances, or uncertainties. Faith is a choice, even though its not always and easy one. If I am going to follow Christ, I must choose to do so. In a way this was encouraging to me because like I said I do not always wake up and feel like God's truth is reality, and I don't have to. I do not necessarily have to like everyone who may be irritating me or everyone who may have hurt me. But I do have to love them, and I do have to forgive them. It is human nature for people to become who they pretend to be. Everyone has seen someone pretend to be someone they are not and eventually become that kind of person. So pretend to have faith, and pretend to be someone who follows Christ and doesn't let emotion or bad circumstances get in the way. God's Truth is greater than our feelings and so I will choose to follow simply because He said so.
Some truths of who you are in Jesus :)
I have life and that life is the light of all men (John 1:4).
I have eternal life (John 3:15-16).
I have been justified (Rom 3:24).
I have peace with God (Rom. 5:1).
I am loved of God (Rom. 5:8).
I have an abundance of grace (Rom. 5:17).
I reign in life (Rom. 5:17). In Jesus I walk in newness of life (Rom. 6:4).
I am alive unto God (Rom. 6:11).
I bring forth fruits unto God (Rom. 7:4).
I have no condemnation (Rom. 8:1).
I have been made free from the law of sin and death (Rom. 8:2).
I live by the law of the Spirit of life (Rom. 8:2).
I am a child of God (Rom. 8:16).
I am an heir of God (Rom. 8:17).
I am a joint-heir with Christ (Rom. 8:17).
I freely receive all things from God (Rom. 8:32).
I am more than a conqueror (Rom. 8:37).
nothing can separate me from the love of God (Rom. 8:38-39).
I am sanctified (1 Cor. 1:2).
I am enriched in all knowledge (1 Cor. 1:5).
I have wisdom (1 Cor. 1:30).
I have righteousness (1 Cor. 1:30).
I have sanctification (1 Cor. 1:30).
I have redemption (1 Cor. 1:30).
I shall be resurrected (1 Cor. 15:20-22)
I have victory over death (1 Cor. 15:57)
all the promises of God are "Yes" and "Amen" to me (2 Cor. 1:20).
I am established (2 Cor. 1:21).
I am anointed of God (2 Cor. 1:21).
I always triumph (2 Cor. 2:14).
I am a sweet fragrance to God (2 Cor. 2:15).
my mind is renewed and enlightened (2 Cor. 3:14).
I am a new creature (2 Cor. 5:17).
I have the ministry of reconciliation (2 Cor. 5:18).
I am an ambassador for God (2 Cor. 5:20).
I am made the righteousness of God (2 Cor. 5:21).
I live by the power of God (2 Cor. 13:4).
I have liberty (Gal. 2:4).
I am redeemed from the curse of the law (Gal. 3:13).
I have the blessing of Abraham (Gal. 3:14).
I am a son of God (Gal. 4:7).
I have faith which works by love (Gal. 5:6).
I am blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places (Eph. 1:3).
I have been chosen before the foundation of the world (Eph. 1:4).
I am accepted of God (Eph. 1:6).
I have the life of God (Eph. 2:5).
I now sit in heavenly places (Eph. 2:6).
I have the exceeding riches of God's grace and kindness (Eph. 2:7).
I am His workmanship (Eph. 2:10).
I am created for good works (Eph. 2:10).
I am built together for a habitation of God through the Spirit (Eph. 2:22).
I have boldness and access with confidence before God (Eph. 3:12).
I am a shining light (Eph. 5:8).
In Jesus I am strong in the power of God’s might (Eph. 6:10).
I have the high calling of God (Phil. 3:14).
I do not worry (Phil 4:6).
I have the peace of God which passes all understanding (Phil. 4:7).
I have the peace of God which guards my heart and mind (Phil. 4:7).
I have strength (Phil. 4:13).
I can do all things (Phil. 4:13).
all my needs are met according to God’s riches in glory (Phil. 4:19).
I have been delivered from the power of darkness (Col. 1:13).
I have been translated into the kingdom of God (Col. 1:13).
I have redemption through His blood (Col. 1:14).
I have forgiveness of sins (Col. 1:14).
I am reconciled to God (Col. 1:20).
I have all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge (Col. 2:3).
I am made complete and perfect (Col. 2:10).
my life is hid with Him in God (Col. 3:3).
have abundant love (1 Tim. 1:14).
I have obtained salvation with eternal glory (2 Tim. 2:10).
I am saved to the uttermost (Heb. 7:25).
I have eternal redemption (Heb. 9:12).
I have an eternal inheritance (Heb. 9:12).
I am made perfect in every good work to do His will (Heb. 13:21).
I have abundant mercy from God (1 Peter 1:3).
I have a lively hope (1 Peter 1:3).
I have joy unspeakable (1 Peter 1:8).
I am a holy priest of God (1 Peter 2:5).
I am settled (1 Peter 5:10).
I have fellowship with all believers (1 John 1:7).
I have received the anointing which teaches me all things (1 John 2:27). In Jesus I have the Spirit of God (1 John 3:24). I
I have overcome the devil, the flesh and the world (1 John 4:4).
God dwells in me (1 John 4:15).
I have the love of God (1 John 4:16).
I have no fear (1 John 4:18).
I overcome the world (1 John 5:4).
I have victory (1 John 5:4).
I have understanding (1 John 5:20).
I know God (1 John 5:20).
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