...and He said to Simon,

"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 number of fish,

   and their nets were breaking.

                 Luke 5. 4-6

(That's what faithfulness does:

following God and responding to Him

    even when there seems

    to be no fish at all.

God specializes in surprising us.

God works mightily

    even in what appears fruitless.

And He brings His glory there,

      even in what we may never see.)

O LORD,

Grant to us the courage

              to keep on fishing,

even when our work and

   our serving You

   appear to bear nothing.

Help us to know

       the fish are there.

We just can't see them yet.

In whatever we do today,

   help us to trust You in this.

In Your name.

For Your glory.

Even when the net is empty.)