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Friday... So, what do we do when we have a choice?


Psalm 70:4 (NLT), "But may all who search for you be filled with joy and gladness in you. May those who love your salvation repeatedly shout, 'God is so great!'"

Friday... So, what do we do when we have a choice?

That is a good question here on this Friday morning. Throughout our lives we will have choices. We will.


Now if we have the attitude that David has, it makes such a difference. He writes in Psalm 70:4, NLT), "But may all who search for you be filled with joy and gladness in you. May those who love your salvation repeatedly shout, 'God is so great!'


David's son, Solomon also has some good thoughts in Ecclesiastes 10. In verse 2 he says, "A wise person chooses the right road; a fool takes the wrong one." Verse 10 says, "Using a dull ax requires great strength, so sharpen the blade. That's the value of wisdom; it helps you succeed."

And then verses 12-14, "Wise words bring approval, but fools are destroyed by their own words. Fools base their thoughts on foolish assumptions, so their conclusions will be wicked madness; they chatter on and on. No one really knows what is going to happen; no one can predict the future."

Ok, now let's go to Luke 5. Here we find Jesus preaching on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, and there was a great crowd but he noticed two empty boats. The fisherman were washing their nets and Jesus stepped into one of the boats whose owner was Simon and he asked him to push it out into the water and Simon did and Jesus sat in the boat and taught the crowds from there.

Now verse 5 says, "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.'" And verse 5 says, "'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.'"

Simon was a pro. He knew how to fish but here was this man telling him to do something and he said, "But if you say so." And that was a very wise thing to say and to do. Yes, he had a choice. He could have said, "I'm the pro here and I know what is best and we're tired so I'm not going to listen to you." But he said, "But if you say so, I'll let down the nets to catch some fish."

And verses 6-7 says, "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."

Back to what David said, "May those who love your salvation repeatedly shout, 'God is so great!'" And then to Solomon in Ecclesiastes, "Wise words bring approval, but fools are destroyed by their own words. Fools base their thoughts on foolish assumptions, so their conclusions will be wicked madness; they chatter on and on. No one really knows what is going to happen; no one can predict the future."

By the way, in verses 10b-11 Jesus says, "'From now on you'll be fishing for people. As soon as they landed, they left everything and followed Jesus." You see, Simon was Simon Peter and James and John were in the other boat and these were the first of the twelve disciples who Jesus called to be his disciples.

Yes, Simon could have not listened to this novice and not done what he said for them to do. But he said, "But if you say so, I'll let the nets down again." And look what happened.

Yes, "But may all who search for you be filled with joy and gladness in you. May those who love your salvation repeatedly shout, 'God is so great!'" Also, "A wise person chooses the right road; a fool takes the wrong one." And "But if you say so, I'll let the nets down again." And look what happened. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


  



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