Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / New
Stats: 3,194,203 members, 7,953,749 topics. Date: Friday, 20 September 2024 at 03:05 AM

Failing In Order To Succeed. - Religion - Nairaland

Nairaland Forum / Nairaland / General / Religion / Failing In Order To Succeed. (144 Views)

Why Religion Is Failing In “very” Advanced Societies. / Sacked Pastors: Winners Chapel Is In Order - Reno Omokri / Man "Cured" Of HIV By Pastor Alph Lakau, Dies After Failing To Take His Drugs (2) (3) (4)

(1) (Reply)

Failing In Order To Succeed. by Btruth: 5:49am On Aug 09, 2021
Failing In Order To Succeed

Mon, 9 Aug 2021

‘Have you caught any fish?’ John 21:5

Sometimes God uses failure to get our attention and draw us closer to Him. At one time, the disciples ‘went out in the boat, but… caught nothing all night. At dawn Jesus was standing on the beach, but the disciples couldn’t see who He was. He called out, “Fellows, have you caught any fish?” “No,” they replied. Then He said, “Throw out your net on the right-hand side of the boat, and you’ll get some!” So they did, and they couldn’t haul in the net because there were so many fish in it. Then the disciple Jesus loved said to Peter, “It’s the Lord!”’ (John 21:3–7 NLT)

Notice three things:

(1) Jesus can do what you can’t do. As long as you think you can handle things on your own, He will let you try. As long as what worked for you in the past is still working, you won’t reach for His help. It’s only when you run out of answers you discover: ‘“You will not succeed by your own strength or… power, but by My Spirit,” says the Lord.’ (Zechariah 4:6 NCV)

(2) God can do more than you can do. He told the disciples, ‘Throw out your net on the right-hand side of the boat, and you’ll get some!’ It didn’t sound right but, by obeying Him, they entered a level of blessing and abundance they never dreamed possible.

(3) God wants a relationship with you. After eating breakfast with the disciples, Jesus told Peter, ‘Take care of My sheep’ (see John 21:17). Now fishermen don’t take care of sheep—shepherds do! So what just happened? Jesus introduced Peter to his true calling—and He will do the same for you!

(1) (Reply)

Seeds Of Destiny Daily Devotional 11 August 2021 - THE GOD PLEASER / Sammie Okposo Sets Release Date & Time For New Song / Prayers For Divine Connection And Favor From God. Click Link.

(Go Up)

Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health
religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket

Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)

Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 9
Disclaimer: Every Nairaland member is solely responsible for anything that he/she posts or uploads on Nairaland.