Several weeks ago John and I took the boat out on the
lake. It was one of those perfect days…he
fished, I layed out, picnic lunch. I
decided to try my hand at fishing. (I
have a system that works REAL well for baiting my own hook, but never having to
touch the worms! Lol) I cast my line and
waited. I waited and waited, got bored,
waited some more and nothing. I
eventually stopped because I was bored and pretty sure that even though I
couldn’t see through the water, there were no fish there and I was wasting my
time.
We moved to
a different spot. Under a rock overhang
where the water was a little shallow. I
could see the bottom and clearly see fish swimming around right there. Seeing those fish, I picked up my pole and
thought I’d give it another shot. With
that many fish one was just bound to jump on my hook and that’s what happened.
Later, when
thinking about that day, it dawned on me that a lot times that’s how we live
our Christian lives. It’s SO easy to
trust and have faith when we can see through the water and know what’s
coming. We will wait however long it
takes because we know that there are blessings there. We can SEE them!
But it’s
when we travel out a little deeper, when we can’t see what’s underneath, that
our trust and faith really proves true.
I couldn’t see and got tired of waiting, so I quit until it got
easy. That’s not the way to live. Don’t get tired of waiting for your
blessing. Keep casting that line and
having faith…you might get the biggest catch when you don’t know it’s
coming!
“Wait on the LORD: be of
good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.”
Psalm 27:14 KJV
