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“Now when He [the Lord Jesus] had left speaking, He said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. And Simon answering said unto Him…at Thy word I will let down the net” (Luke 5:4-5).
If you read the account of what happened here, you will find that the Lord Jesus was going to repay Simon Peter for the loan of his boat. Notice carefully what the Lord Jesus said; He said, “Let down your nets.” But Peter trusted his own expertise as a fisherman more than he trusted the Lord, and since they had already fished all night and caught nothing, he let down only one net. As a result, the net was so full of fishes that it broke.
However, Peter learned something through this experience. He learned who the Lord really was, and that He had absolute power over His creation. Peter learned to trust the Lord, and we need to learn this too. Sometimes we trust our own wisdom instead of realizing what the Lord can do, but He is always worthy of our trust. If He wants us to do something, we should always obey, for He not only loves us, but is all powerful too.
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