February 8
(Luke 5:6-7 NIV) “When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. {7} So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.”
(Malachi 3:10 NIV) “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.”
(John 16:33 NIV) “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
Blessing is almost always a mixed bag. Peter’s crew did what Jesus asked them to do, and God blessed their obedience with so many fish that their nets began to break and their boats began to sink. Blessings and problems often blend together in life. Many times it’s difficult to sort them out. We need to grasp this concept, for some in Christian circles today believe that blessing is the absence of strife, stress, and difficulty. This thinking is unbiblical. Blessed people in Scripture lived with problems. Deep water blessing can be uncomfortable at times, but it’s better than the empty boats of mediocrity that many Christians settle for today. Blessing comes with taking risks. If we stay in shallow water we may keep our boats safe, but they will also never be filled to overflowing as God intends for them to be. Head out into the deep water, Christian. That’s where the blessing is. -- Friar Tuck’s Word of the Day
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