When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch." 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." When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink. (Luke 5:4-7)
Think about where Jesus did some of His best work. Where did He perform a lot his miracles…or more appropriate to this devotional, where didn’t He perform the majority of His miracles? If you read about the few dozen specific miracles that were recorded (remember that John said there were too many to record), you will see that the majority of them took place during everyday activities of life.
His miracle working power showed up one morning to some guys in a fishing boat, He fed 5,000 men plus wives and kids on the sea shore and believe it or not, His first miracle occurred at a party. He healed people in town, in the country, in the graveyard, and on the side of the road. Jesus did some of His best work outside the walls of the church. In fact, the majority of Jesus’ miracles recorded in the Bible occurred out the secular world, in the hustle and bustle of everyday life.
Jesus spent plenty of time in the synagogue and did perform some miracles there. This is not to imply that God doesn’t move miraculously in churches, because He certainly does. The point is that God can, will and wants to do amazing things in our lives every day of the week, not just during church services. In fact, He may prefer to do the miraculous outside the church walls because lost people are more likely to be impacted there.
I encourage you to think about the boundaries you may be putting on God in your life and consider the areas of your life that you are not allowing or expecting God to move in; could be your job, marriage, children, finances, business, friendships, emotions, hurts from the past, or the mistakes you have made. Now invite God to get involved in those areas of your life, pray that He will take over and deliberately expect great things to happen.
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
(Mark 11:24)
Author Resource:-
Todd Dawalt is a Bible teacher at Sherman Full Gospel Church.
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