When The Fishing Nets Struggled

Simon Peter and his crew spent the entire night casting their heavy nets into the dark water, only to pull them up completely empty. Exhaustion settled deep into their bones. We know exactly how that feels. You pour your energy into a difficult project, a struggling relationship, or a quiet prayer, yet nothing seems to change. We often reach the end of our own strength, feeling like we have absolutely nothing left to show for our intense labor. Right in that space of profound fatigue, Jesus steps into Simon’s boat and asks him to try one more time. Going back out to the deep water made zero sense to an experienced fisherman in the middle of the day, but Jesus operates far beyond our human logic.