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You Must Trust God More Than You Trust Yourself · The Bible Bit Podcast

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  Welcome back. This is Kimmy Miller of Woman at the Well Ministries bringing
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  you another Bible bit for you to enjoy.
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  You must trust God more than you trust yourself.
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  Today as we journey through the scriptures, seeking the treasures of God's truths,
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  we are going to discover that our own experience doesn't compare to the words of Jesus.
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  True faith and trust require that we obey God's commands and His call on our
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  lives, regardless of our own experiences or understanding.
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  Every child of God must give God complete authority over their lives.
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  They must make God king of their hearts and Lord of their lives.
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  As we continue to examine Luke 5, 1 through 11, we find that Peter is confronted
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  with a challenge from God to launch into the deep and start fishing all over
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  again after having fished all night and caught nothing.
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  This was contrary to everything Peter knew about fishing.
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  It was the opposite of what his experience had shown him.
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  It made zero sense to him when filtered through his extensive fishing knowledge.
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  Yet Simon obeyed the command God had given him.
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  In Luke 5, 4-5 we read, Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon,
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  Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a drop.
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  And Simon answering said unto him,
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  master we have toiled all the night and have taken nothing but nevertheless
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  at thy word i will let down the net.
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  Peter and the other fishermen had worked hard they had toiled all the night,
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  their empty nets were not because they were lazy and had not worked to catch fish,
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  these men were professional fishermen very experienced and successful at their
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  trade They knew the lake, they understood how to use the nets,
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  and they no doubt even knew the correct time to fish.
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  Yet, they had caught nothing.
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  Now, Jesus is telling them to go and fish again. These instructions that Jesus
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  gave them must have seemed nuts to them.
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  It was contrary to everything Simon Peter knew about fishing.
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  But Peter obeyed anyway.
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  Just think of the faith and submission it took for Peter to ignore all his fleshly
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  thoughts and knowledge to do what made no sense at all to him.
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  What blessings are you missing because you refuse to submit to Jesus and allow
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  him to have complete authority over you and your life?
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  Refusing to submit to God truly robs us of his blessings.
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  The hard work and experience of these fishermen was insufficient to produce the result they needed.
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  Had Peter not obeyed the Lord's commandment to launch into the deep,
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  he would have left empty-handed, defeated, and lacking.
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  John 15, 4-5 says, Abide in me, and I in you.
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  As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the van,
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  no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
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  I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him,
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  the same bringeth forth much fruit.
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  For without me, ye can do nothing.
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  What was true for Peter and the other fishermen is true for me and you today.
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  We can't do anything without him.
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  It is God who enables, equips, and supplies our needs. Philippians 4, 13 and 19.
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  My friend, faith doesn't require us to understand everything before we obey.
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  We are called to trust the one who speaks.
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  You may labor faithfully and still experience disappointment.
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  Empty nets do not mean that Jesus has abandoned you.
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  Obedience begins when Jesus' word matters more than your doubts Remember you
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  are loved Jesus loves you Please join us tomorrow as we continue our journey through Luke 5, 1-11,
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