In Luke chapter 5, we read a great lesson about the blessing of simple trust when God instructs us to do something, especially when it goes counter to our way of thinking!
Peter and his fishing partners had been out all night, casting their nets into the Lake of Gennesaret (another name for the Sea of Galilee) in vain. Fishing was their profession, their livelihood — but their skill, their lifetime of experience, and their tools-of-the-trade didn’t work. So, they simply called it a night and dragged in their nets for a cleaning in preparation for their next time out.
In the meantime, Jesus came along, followed by a massive crowd of people who’d come to hear Him teach. Seeing Peter’s empty boat tied to the shore, He climbed aboard and asked Peter to give the boat a shove that He might be able to teach the crowd from the boat.
Luke records what happened next in verses 4-7: “When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, ‘Now go out where it is deeper, and let down your nets to catch some fish.’ ‘Master,’ Simon replied, ‘we worked hard all last night and didn’t catch a thing. But if You say so, I’ll let the nets down again.’ And this time their nets were so full of fish they began to tear! A shout for help brought their partners in the other boat, and soon both boats were filled with fish and on the verge of sinking.”
The application for us is a simple one: If we will merely listen to God’s instructions to us and then follow through on them, the overflow of His answer(s) will astound us!