What comes
to mind when you hear "Show and Tell". A certain Prof
and his brother Charles took their families on vacation, while the children
swam, the Prof and his brother Charles said to their children, "what
you're doing is not swimming, let us show you how it's done"... Needless
to say, there were great waves and splashes with very little movement, and
great laughter...
I would like for us to focus our attention on a different “Show
and Tell”. Luke 5:4 KJV "Now when he had left speaking, he said
unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a
draught." Luke 5:10b KJV "And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from
henceforth thou shalt catch men." Luke 10:2 KJV "Therefore said he
unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye
therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his
harvest."
So Jesus finished teaching the multitude, asks Simon to go deeper
and let down his nets. This is where I believe the Lord was doing a "Show and tell" of the great
commission and how many resources would be required. Look at the verses
closely, Jesus says Go into deeper waters, Simon goes deeper and lets down the
nets and the fish nets start breaking (or to the point of breaking), Simon
calls for his partners to aid him in his commission and even then, the boats
are almost sinking...
When Jesus was done with this demonstration, he basically
says to them, ok now u have seen how it's done, you have seen how many fish
there are, it's not a one man mission, and when you do this work you will feel
like your boat is sinking, now we're going to do it in real life, we're going
to be fishers of men...
It is my prayer that whenever you hear the phrase Show and Tell, that you would be reminded of Jesus' show and tell. It is also my prayer that when your boat is
letting in water, at the point of sinking, and your nets are so stretched that
you cannot see them catching any more fish, that the Lord of the Harvest renew
your strength, restore your resources, and allow you to see that the boat may
sink but those whose faith are in the Lord shall tread on water and be saved. Do
not give up… keep fishing.
My Peace I
give you - Shalom
