He is amazing!!!!!

We give You praises, Lord, for your goodness and Your mercy. We see your handiwork in all things beautiful and give You praise.



Good morning! My name is Charlotte and I am writing to help us give our very first thoughts to the Lord expecting a yield for the day. (I wrote this sentence before I even knew what this Charlotte in the morning was going to be about! Isn't that amazing!)

In Luke 5 we read Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around Him and listening to the Word of God, He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret;
and He saw two boats lying at the edge of the lake; but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets.

And He got into one of the boats, which was Simon's and asked him to put out a little way from the land. And He sat down and began teaching the people from the boat.

When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, "Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch."

Simon answered and said, "Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing, but I will do as You say and let down the nets."

When they had done this, they enclosed a great quantity of fish, and their nets began to break; so they signaled to their partners in the other boat for them to come and help them.

And they came and filled both of the boats, so that they began to sink.

But (there's the but) when Simon Peter saw that, he fell down at Jesus' feet saying, "Go away from me Lord, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!"

For amazement had seized him and all his companions because of the catch of fish which they had taken; and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon.

And Jesus said to Simon, "Do not fear, from now on you will be catching men."

When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed Him.

Simon had fished all night. He was tired because they had fished all night and caught nothing - probably discouraged also, because fishing was how he made his living.

Bill and I are night people. We both work nights and sleep days. It is hard to understand this type of schedule unless you live it.

Simon was a night person. He and his partners fished at night and slept days. When Jesus asked him to go back out, he probably did it with half a heart because he was tired from fishing all night. But (there's the but) he did it anyway, and when he saw what happened when He obeyed the Master, he was so filled with amazement that he left everything and followed Jesus. Probably made enough money in that one catch to float his boat for several months.

Jesus spoke to Simon in a language he understood. Simon was a fisherman - Jesus caught a multitude of fish for him. So much so, that he and his brothers left the very job that made their living and followed Jesus - as his disciples.

Abraham left all to go to a land that God had spoken to him about. What did it take for Abraham to leave all and follow God?

What will it take for you to give up all and follow the Lord? Will it take something that will amaze you? He is amazing.

When I got saved, I was going in a direction that if I had gone on down that path, I don't know where I would be today. But (there's the but) someone prayed for me. Someone gave me a wonderful example of following God. And God worked in my life - turned me totally around - set my feet on a solid rock - and things have never been the same in my life. In Jesus is where I have to be - no choice to it. I don't want to be anywhere else but IN HIM. He amazes me!!!!!

If you don't know Him today, He is just a whisper away. If you take one step, He'll take two. That's the kind of God He is. HE IS AMAZING!!!!!

Lord, I pray for those who do not know you....the ones that we are around every day -day in and day out. I pray they would know you. Speak to them in a language they will understand so that they, like Peter, will be amazed and will leave all and follow You. In Jesus Name. Amen ( it is done)

Have a great day today!

Charlotte