The right side [part 4]

Our final lesson from this series is: The answer is often closer than we think. Going back to our story, the fish were not on the far side of the lake, but just on the other side of the boat. Like the disciples, you have to cast the net on the side with the fish. The answer you seek is quite often as close as your willingness to obey what God asks you to do.

We see this lesson over and over in the bible, the answer is closer than we realise. There is a story of Naaman a Syrian general with leprosy in 2 kings:1-14. He came to Elisha the prophet for healing. Elisha asked him to go and wash in the river Jordan and he was disappointed. He expected a big great solution for his problem. He imagined the prophet would tell him to do something spectacular. He felt the water where he lived was better than river Jordan. He refused to obey until he was convinced by his servants that there was no harm in trying and when he obeyed he was healed. How often have we sought the big answers wasting our time and energy instead of obeying God? A preacher once said - ‘If you are going to fish, you have to put down your net where the fish are. If you are going to receive the answer God has for you, you have to do what He says, when He says it and where He says to do it’.

Often we pray for answers to our problems and when it comes we don’t like it because we already had in mind how God should do it. In fact, some people expect God to do everything for them while they do nothing. They spend time praying for a job but are not willing to fill an application form. They pray for a promotion but are unwilling to work hard. They pray for their children to grow up as responsible adults but are willing to train or correct them. They expect God to wave his hand and make everything perfect. Remember the disciples had to cast the net to catch the fish. Naaman had to go and wash in the river. The answer you seek may not be the big thing you desire that will attract lots of attention. God asks us to do the simple thing of obeying what he says and doing it consistently. It is when you obey and cast your net on the other side that the net is filled.

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