Backstory:

I watched a Chosen episode recently of when Simon Peter was called to follow Jesus. Simon was in a very desperate situation. He was heavily in debt and he could potentially lose everything and go to jail if he didn’t pay his debts soon. So he went fishing one last time to try to support his livelihood. Simon wasn’t a beginner fisherman. He was experienced, skilled and exhausted from a fruitless night of not catching anything. Jesus asked him to go back out, and not just anywhere-into the deep. Even though Simon didn’t know much about Jesus yet, he had to have faith. So he did as Jesus asked. Then a miracle occurred and there were so many fish in his net that Simon had to have assistance from his friends to help him bring the net up. Simon fell at Jesus’ feet and told him that he would do anything Jesus asked of him. After that, Jesus asked Simon to follow Him and He later became Jesus’ chief apostle. We can learn a lot from this story about faith and obedience, especially when we are in a desperate situation like Simon was.

Into the Deep

We all experience times in our lives when our situation might seem desperate,

And even though others can’t see into our souls, our worries are legitimate.

Our stress might come from medical issues or family drama,

Sometimes those things are out of our control but they could still cause us some inward trauma.

Or we might be worried about our inward state,

We might be barely holding it together and our souls might feel a big weight.

That’s when we might get desperate and cry out to our Savior for help,

For inside, our hearts might in pain yelp.

In that moment when our hearts seem to cause us so much worry,

That is when Jesus will come into our story.

He might ask us to trust in Him and we will need to do what he asks us to do

If we want to get over our heartache and no longer feel blue.

Jesus might ask us to cast our nets out into the deep,

And what He asks of us might seem kind of steep.

We just need to trust in Him that He knows what is best for us,

Even though inside we might want to make a big fuss.

We can trust in Jesus because He loves us very deeply,

If we want to feel better we will need to trust in Him completely.

Then like Simon Peter we would fall at Jesus’ feet,

For being His disciple would be a big treat.

The Takeaway: Sometimes we might go through very hard things and our situation might seem desperate. In those moments, we need to call out to our Savior for help. He might ask us to do something that might seem strange. But we need to trust in Him enough that He will work out all things for our good because He loves us very much.