“Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some”

As I was reading through John 21:1-14, I was reminded again of how Jesus’ words just make everything seem so easy. The disciples had been out fishing all night and hadn’t caught anything. Early in the morning Jesus was standing on the shore and he called out to them, “Friends haven’t you any fish?” No, they replied, He said, “then throw out your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul in the large number of fish. What a story about provision and how Jesus will supply our needs. This is certainly easier said than done. I was talking to Mike about this story and discussing our need for our support and I said I wonder if we are casting our nets on the right side of the boat. We are six weeks in to our 12 week journey of meeting with friends and family and sharing our story and raising the support that we need for 2011 at Extreme Response. Satan creeps in to those little spaces where we begin to second guess ourselves even though we know we are called. We are to trust Jesus and follow Him and it sometimes means we have to wait. We have total faith that God will supply all that we need but the provision is coming in slowly. We know His timing is perfect and He allows this so we will acknowledge it came from Him. The hardest part of waiting is we want things done quickly. For example (throw the net over the side of the boat and bring in the fish.) God has been so good to us and has proven Himself time and time again. Pray for us to continue to be a good steward of time and that we will continue to meet with as many people as we can while we are in Nashville. Pray that we listen to the still small voice about guidance and where to cast our nets!!