2010: The Year for launching into the deep!
There is still a remnant
This past weekend I travelled to witness the wedding of one young man I have walked with for many years. It’s encouraging to see in such a generation as this, young people who believe in the value of waiting; who believe in abstinence and who keep their chastity to the day of marriage. I believe very deep down in my heart that God has a special spot for faithfulness and that there are certain blessings and breakthroughs that are associated with faithfulness. As you raise young men and young ladies, out there, teach them faithfulness; and instill in them the discipline and the wisdom to understand that short-cuts can be wrong-cuts. Faithfulness will always be rewarded. The world has a way of making us all believe that everyone is doing it and so we may as well do it. You are not everyone! There is a remnant!
You can make a great come back!
Its exciting times as we approach the end of the year. It’s almost like approaching the shores again after a long year of toiling and sweating. For some it’s approaching the shores with great smiles while for some it’s approaching with grave tears. For Simon Peter and crew it was a sad and frustrating moment for them to approach the shores having caught nothing the whole night (Luke 5). Their labours had been in vain and their efforts fruitless. However, the fact that Peter and company had caught nothing the whole night did not mean that there was no fish in the water. The fact that their fishing nets were empty did not mean that the waters were empty. The fact that you may not have had a great year does not mean that there were no opportunities in the year. The fact that you came out with empty nets this year does not mean that it was an empty year. I don’t know what sort of year you had! I know the world went into recession – but I chose not to participate in the recession; I know the year was awash with sad news – but I chose not to believe the negative. ‘Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep’ (Psalm 127 v 1-2). Whether you got something or nothing out of this year it’s not all lost! The come-back season will be more powerful than what’s already lost; you can make a bigger harvest in the come-back round. ‘Thus saith the Lord; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. And there is hope in thine end’ (Jeremiah 31 v 16 – 17a).
The big catch is coming
There is a lot of excitement in the air for 2010 especially in this part of the world. Somehow everybody has a feeling that they are going to come out with full hands in 2010 and everyone is excited that the world’s greatest economies are slowly emerging out of recession. I learnt early in life that the greatest of all folly is to continue doing the same thing over and over again and expect to get a different set of results. Unless you relook at yourself and your strategies you will come out of the New Year with empty nets again. Simon Peter only went back into the water at the saying of the Lord. ‘Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net’ (Luke 5 v 5). You need the word of the Lord for the new season. You can’t go it alone. God does not wait for the Soccer world cup to bless you; God’s economy is not bankrupted by the recession. God does not have a limited budget or an inflationary blessing policy. Esau asked his father, ‘hast thou but one blessing, my father?’ (Genesis 27 v 38). Isaac had a limited supply of blessings but God has enough to go round and still have more left over. You have to know where to cast your nets. Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a big catch’ (Luke 5 v 4). 2010 is the year for a big catch for those that will ‘launch into the deep’ and cast their nets; don’t launch into the deep and keep your nets folded! Launce your prayer life deeper – there is a harvest coming.
God is desiring a deeper relationship with you! Launch into the deep in every dimension.
Peter Mbada
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