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Saturday... He notices everything...


Saturday... He notices everything. Not just that which is in front but that which is behind and ahead. Jesus notices everything.

Look at this picture in Luke 5:1 (NLT), "One day as Jesus was preaching on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, great crowds pressed in on him to listen to the word of God." And verse 2 says, "He noticed two empty boats at the water's edge."

Have you ever thought about the fact that He notices what is all around you but He also notices what is empty in your life and He notices what has happened in your life to make it empty?  

Luke goes on, "... for the fishermen were washing their nets." So Jesus stepped into one of the boats and taught the crowd from there. And He wants to do the same with your emptiness. He wants to step into that emptiness and fill it with Himself and use in so many different ways. He wants to get into you life and fill it with possibilities greater than you could ever imagine.

The story goes on,  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." And that was really discouraging. They were worn out and felt like failures. And Jesus knew that when He noticed the empty boasts. And He knows that about you. He really does but He also noticed something else. He notices what would fill those boats. He notices where the fish were.

He noticed what would happen if they followed His directions. Verse 5 continues, "'But if you say so, I'll let down the nets 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 verse of sinking." And Jesus notices two empty boats and He knew what would happen if He got involved. The boats would no longer be empty.

And He noticed far more than that. In verse 10 Jesus says, "From now on you'll be fishing for people!" And verse 11 says, "And as soon as they landed, they left everything and followed Jesus.

What Jesus noticed was not only the potential of the empty boats but the real potential of the owners of those boats. The boats were empty, full and then empty but the owners were full to overflowing because they did what Jesus told them to do and followed him. And He wants you to give Him your emptiness and follow Him and He will fill your life with unbelievable possibilities. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning 




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