Too Tired to Try Again? What Jesus Told an Exhausted Fisherman

Daily Hope with Pastor John S. Dickerson · Sep 5, 2026 · 4m

Are you exhausted from trying something that hasn't worked, and now it feels like God is asking you to try again anyway? In Luke chapter 5, Simon Peter had fished all night, caught nothing, and was already done for the day when Jesus told him to push out into deep water and let his nets down one more time. From a human perspective, it was a ridiculous request. Peter had grown up fishing this exact lake. He knew what time the fish were out, and it wasn't now. He was physically spent, his nets were already clean, and rowing back out meant hard, exhausting labor for what looked like no reason at…