We’ve been saying all along that God makes sense, not just that it makes sense there is a God, but that what He says and does makes sense. We certainly don’t always understand everything God does and says, especially at the moment we are first hearing or experiencing it. Often, things become clearer to us as we go through them and afterwards.
In Luke 5:4-7, Jesus tells some fishermen, Peter included, how to fish. Of course all of us who fish think we know a lot about fishing – just ask us, but we likely wouldn’t feel like we could tell a professional how to do their job. Now Jesus was a carpenter by trade, not a fisherman. Peter, on the other hand was a fisherman by trade. Here is how the conversation went. “When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.”
Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.”
When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.”
Jesus the carpenter told Peter the fisherman to go back out and put down for a catch of fish. Peter knew that they had been out all night fishing and hadn’t had success and now was not the time try again, but for whatever reason, maybe out of respect for Jesus, he complied, even though what Jesus was asking DID NOT MAKE SENSE. When they tried again they caught such a load of fish that it began to make the boats sink.
Sometimes what God does, asks, says, doesn’t make sense to us. If Peter hadn’t complied with what did not make sense to him he would have missed out on an incredible catch. How many blessings have we missed out on? Didn’t He say His ways were higher than ours?
Sometimes God doesn’t make sense to us until later. Sometimes we have to trust Him first before we can see that He was right all along. In some cases ‘things’ never make sense to us. Its not always so clear as it was in the story above. What reason do you have to think God doesn’t make sense?
This is Awesome and SO true – sometimes it does not seem that God makes sense; however, He has NEVER let me down. As long as I am focusing on His Will and His Way, my future is bright and doors are opened for me – Thanks for a great post!