One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God. He saw at the water's edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets.  He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat. 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. When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus' knees and said, "Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!" For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken,  and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon's partners. Then Jesus said to Simon, "Don't be afraid; from now on you will fish for people."  So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him. 

His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. 

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins. Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. (Luk: 5:1-11; 2 Pet: 1: 3-11 NIV)

 

I have a question for each of us today. How many times have we stopped doing something because we felt it was not going to be successful, it was a waste of time, it was too challenging to finish, we were not being productive, and the list goes on? Let’s stop and ponder that for a few moments and then answer truthfully or as truthfully as we can and give a number. For me, it has been more than 45-50 times for various reasons during various seasons of my life. (I am not going to give an excuse).

 

What I believe each of us has failed to realize is Jesus knows our capabilities better than we do, and He also knows exactly what He put into us at the time of our creation, and he knew exactly what we could and could not do and also whether we would make an to attempt to do it or not. Having said that , when we give in and give up it is our wills that convince us there is no need to go any further, just like Simon in the above scripture, he wanted to just quit, he was tired and had toiled all night, he flesh was screening as our do and his mind said why try anymore, but thank God he had a nevertheless moment, how about us?

God has given us free will, however, we can override that because of the Holy Spirit that lives in us, and because we can trust Jesus and the word of God which clearly states we can do all things through CHRIST!  (emphasis mine). If you choose to believe the word and use it, then it shall manifest in our lives. We must have a change of our minds and wills to beat the enemy at his own game.

Remember, the above scripture says: For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. (2Pet: 1: 5-8-NIV)

Beloved, we have access to everything we need to successfully complete any assignment that it given to us. Our Heavenly Father made it available if we choose to tap into it. We are without excuse.

We should be more than willing to go the extra five miles to show the devil we can and shall make him the liar that he is and to show our Father how grateful we are for believing in us and giving us “GRACE” to fulfil the purpose of our assignments for Him. Let’s make a decision not to stop and we shall not get stuck in Jesus' name.