Luke 5:5
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."
But because you said so...
This Scripture was in the sermon Sunday. This particular verse wasn't highlighted, nor was the phrase, "But because you said so..." However, it's what Holy Spirit spoke to me that day and I can't get it out of my head.
How many heroes of the Bible could have this phrase included in their story?
Take my family (tribe) and move to a place you won't disclose until I get there? Okay, because you said so.
Trying to free my people from Pharaoh? Really, God? Me? But because you said so...
Fighting a giant with a sling and a few stones makes no human sense but because you said so...
Disobeying the leader of the land and praying against the law of the land could get me killed but... because you said so...
In that light, just attempting to fish from the other side of the boat seems so easy. Okay, it probably won't do anything but it's not scary or dangerous and won't get me killed so...because you said so...
Only Simon, James, and John had no idea the ramifications of doing something because Jesus said so. Because it was going to cost them everything.
"But because you said so" has changed would could have been an easy life with a job I loved, doing what I was made to do, with great kids, a nice home, vacations, living the life...
"But because you said so," I've learned to cry, I've learned to love things less and people more. I've changed my definition of success. I've had to figure out my issues and work at healing them. And I've learned true joy. The kind that doesn't come from things or perfect circumstances, but from the joy that can only come when one is on their knees, clinging to the only One who can see the big picture, the One who knows exactly what "but because you said so" obedience is going to cost. The One who prepares a place and welcomes us with, "Well done, my good and faithful servant."
