Trust and Obey

Sometimes on Sundays there is an unintentional connection between what we talk about in Sunday school and the sermon scripture. This past Sunday, we considered prayer in Sunday school and Luke 5:1-11 as a lectionary reading in worship.

In prayer, we offer our worries and concerns to God, prayerfully trusting him to lead us to solutions, to lead others to help, to change our attitudes, to bring healing, to grant grace -- the list is endless. The key, I think, is the trust and obedience. Are we willing to give our trust to God? Do we give him our plan for how he should work and then say, "Sometimes God says 'no'" to our prayers?

The following are verses 4 and 5 from the Luke passage:

When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch." Simon answered, "Master, we have worked all night long but have caught nothing. Yet if you say so, I will let down the nets."

Simon knew fishing. I imagine he thought his own plan and way was best. And yet -- he trusted God and obeyed.

He pulled up the nets and the catch was huge. The fruit of his obedience was obvious.

Is the fruit of our obedience obvious? Could it be we fail to trust and obey?