When your net comes up empty!
Luke 5:1
As Jesus is walking alone the Sea of Galilee he notices two boats along the side of the bank. The fishermen are not there but have left to clean their nets. The bible says that after fishing all day and night their nets came up empty.
Can you imagine being on your job for a full day and accomplishing nothing?
Can you imagine doing your best giving your all and yet noting to show for it?
I suppose it would be like a cook making the perfect meal only to add too much salt
I suppose it would be like a doctor prescribing medicine for the wrong illness.
I suppose it would be like a police officer breaking the law to prevent a crime
I suppose it would be like a teacher trying to educate a student who decides to drop out
Or a preach trying to direct a lost soul that refuses the help
Beloved can’t you see the fishermen talking after a long day and night of fishing and catching nothing. I can hear one of them saying, guys that’s it we’ve gave it our best shot lets just go and try again another day.
Lets give the message a closer view, here we have Jesus needing a better vantage point to minister to the crowd. So he tell Peter I need you and your boat in order to do my work so could you please just pull out a little from the bank. That’s a word for someone here today God needs you in order to allow the message to go forth.
Now when Jesus gives the benediction he tells Peter to move out into the deep. Peter responds Lord we’ve already been out there. In fact we were out there all day and all night and we didn’t catch anything, but at you word Lord I’ll give it another try.
In other words we didn’t catch anything all morning, we didn’t catch anything in the noon, we didn’t catch anything during the evening, and neither did we catch anything all night, what makes you think we’re going to catch something now. Translate pastor
You asked you friend to come to church but because your net came up empty.
You asked your child to clean their room, but because your net came up empty.
You asked you love one to stop that addiction but because your net came up empty.
Church we are so quick to point out the negativity stuff even in our obedience, just like Peter we come up with excuse Lord I tried to stop in the past.
Lord I tried to talk it over with them.
Lord I tried to over look it.
Lord I tried to forgive them. And yet they still want change, beloved I want you to know that sometimes your net will come up empty.
Verse Peter and John go over to the bank and begin washing their nets the reason why they wash their nets is because their net got dirty. I believe they wash them is because they were catching trash. Beloved even you and I will come up with trash in our nets. I believe one of the reasons why we come up with empty nets is because of the trash in our nets. Let me be clear the trash in our lives.
Lets look at what happens when you have trash in you net
1 trash will keep your net from functioning the way its designed to work.
2 trash will destroy your net.
Beloved watch this now trash comes in all shapes.
Trash comes in all sizes.
Trash comes in all colors.
Trash comes in all shapes and when you allow trash in you life things just want flow right. Regardless of how much you labor, how much you toil, regardless of how much you work.
You need to know that trash will stop your faith
You need to know that trash will stop your joy.
You need to know that trash will stop your peace
You need to know that trash will stop your hope
You need to know that trash will stop your strength
You need to know that trash will stop your marriage
You need to know that trash will stop your mind
Not only will trash stop up your net but trash will stink up your net, this means your life (Net) will give off an unpleasant odor, not only will you get an unpleasant odor but you’ll find rats, rodents, and flies this is why some of us find ourselves in the same situation if we keep the same filth in our lives it can only attract the lovers of that filth.
Young lady the reason why you keep meeting the same type of guys is because of the odor you keep producing.
Young man the reason why you keep meeting so call gold diggers is because of the odor you keep producing
Mother’s maybe the reason the kids are not doing what you tell them to do is because of the odor you keep producing.
Daddy perhaps the reason nothing seems to go your way is because of the odor.
Now let’s be clear when I say odor or trash I talking about the sin in your life.
Your sinful ways
Your sinful looks
Your sinful deeds
I know to everybody else you look so cute
I know to everyone else you look so fly in fact I walked out the house thinking I look like money dress like money but In the eyes of God we all look like trash. The bible is clear our goodness in the eyes of God is seen as filthy rags.
Heb 12:1 let us lay aside every weight and every sin that we might be saved by grace.
Beloved let me help you stop asking God to help you quit
Stop asking God to pull you out of this or that
Stop asking God to give you strength the word said let us lay aside.
If you’re shacking up and you want to be saved move out
If you’re stealing and you want to be save stop
If you’re lying and want to be saved quit
If you’re disobedient to God and you want to be saved you need to trust and obey.
Brother West Morgan said it this way: Far so long I was silent. Far so long I did not have a song of praise. Depression filled my days and clouds blocked my ways. but there was a voice speaking to me awaking the passion so quiet in me, in me, so still in me.
I choose to worship. I just can't give up. I choose to worship. My mind is made up.
Is that your voice calling me into that secret place with thee. My heart has longed for this moment with thee.
I choose to worship. I just can't give up. I choose to worship. My mind is made up.
I'm going to worship
Beloved there is a decision that you must make stop begging and asking God to do it for you he has given you the strength to praise him or deny him
He’s given you the strength to worship or wish
He’s given you the strength to seek him or run from him
He’s given you the strength to praise him
He’s given you the strength to love him
Stop waiting on God to put you on the easy road you need to have a made up mind you should tell every body you know who going through, everybody who’s been through, everybody who’s in something right now step up why I’m glad you asked Must Jesus bear the cross alone and all the world go free NO, SOMEBODY SAY NO, SOBY SAY NO THERE’S A CROSS FOR EVERYONE
Come on you know the words
Beloved watch this God has already told us in palms
Don’t sweat
Don’t cry
Don’t worry
Don’t go back to cursing just keep praying and take a seat at the dinner tablet for he prepares a table for me in the presence of my enemies.
Say yeah
