"Put out into the deep

and let down your nets

             for a catch."

And Simon answered,

"Master, we toiled all night

and took nothing! 

But at Your word,

   I will let down the nets."

And when they had done this,

they enclosed

   a large amount of fish

and their nets were breaking.

                 Luke 5. 4-6

(When we listen to God

    and respond to Him,

even in the familiar,

     and the ordinary,

God brings blessing from it.

Sometimes we actually

           "oh, wow,"

            see the outcome,

sometimes the result

  is embedded

  far beyond our lifetimes.

But the fruit is always there,

a full net,

    not even one fish missing.)

O LORD,

Of all the things we do today,

may we listen to You

    --and not argue--

may we respond to You

    --even in a barren place--

and may we trust You

   for Your answers,

                 not ours.

Help us to realize

that the biggest impact

     of their obedience

was a deepening

of their relationship with Jesus.

Help us to trust You too.