Hey ladies and Happy New Year!! We are officially in a new decade! I hope it has served you well thus far and you are excited about all of the exciting new things in store! So, if you are a regular here or know me personally, you have probably gathered that I am a very skeptical person. I don’t usually take risks, but it is a goal of mine to take more risks in the future. I just kinda enjoy safety. Sometimes that same safety can allow me to be in a place of disobedience or in a place where my hearing is distorted by my skepticism. This month we are going to talk about someone kinda like me who had submit despite how things looked. He had to tell Jesus, “If you say so.”

This is the story of Simon Peter and it is found in Luke 5:1-11. We haven’t done Bible study in a while, so let’s do it! So Jesus was doing the work of the Lord preaching near the Sea of Galilee. He noticed that there were empty boats and men washing nets. He stepped in one of the boats and asked Simon Peter to push it out so He could teach from there. When He was done, He asked Simon Peter to go deeper and cast nets so that he could catch fish. Simon was like “Ummm so I have been out in these seas all night and I ain’t caught nothing, but if you say so.” Imagine what Simon Peter was thinking. He probably thought “First of all, I have already cleaned my nets.” Ladies, y’all know how we act when we wash dishes and someone uses a dish! We get all the way live! Also, Jesus was not a fisherman. How did He figure that by Him being there, the outcome would be any different?

Well, Simon Peter submitted and when they let down their nets, they were so full of fish, they began to tear! Y’all, that was overflow! Him and all the boys were shook! Simon Peter was like “Jesus, I am soooo sorry!!” He told him “No worries, but now you will be fishers of men.” At that point they began to follow Jesus. He was showing them that as they followed Him and His instruction, they could also bring others to Christ just like they caught those fish in the nets.

Do you see how his response lead him to more than he could ask for? After reading this I realized that I need to develop a mentality of “If you say so.” When Simon Peter developed that resolve, he had provision. He just had to listen and follow the plan. We ask too any questions, and we always want to know how things will look at the end. God gives us instructions in pieces to see if we will do it. Once the obedience is proven, we have unlocked the door to the next phase. We won’t always see the totality of a plan, we just have to learn to trust Him at His word and believe that the provision will be made.

So, in what area(s) do you need to have an “If you say so” mentality? What has God asked you to do but because you don’t see it working, you don’t submit? There are so many things we should be doing, but because we don’t know how it will look, we just sit there and look! To achieve greatness requires great risk. Let’s allow God in our lives as Simon Peter allowed Him in the boat and watch Him do the miraculous through our obedience and submission! I pray that we learn to hear and heed the voice of God. I pray that we will hear His voice and a stranger we will not follow. I pray that we see His provision in all that we do in His name. That we seek Him for every decision we make and when He gives instruction, we have the resolve of “If you say so!” Be blessed my loves!!😘