He Saw Me. ❤️

One of the most important things a person expects in a relationship is understanding. That gives one a feeling of security. I was thinking a lot throughout the day about a particular thing in my life, and I was wondering whether God knows about it. I wanted to quit the thought, but it was not easy to do so. I wanted to seek help from my mentor regarding the same. Surprisingly, I got an invite to join a session of prayer with my mentor. Never expected how glorious it could turn out to be.

Throughout, I often controlled my tears, as God was talking through the time of the message. I completely felt He understood me and what I was going through.

The meditation was about Peter's encounter with Jesus. The incident can be found in Luke chapter 5. It goes like this: many people crowded around Jesus, and Jesus wanted to use the empty boat of Peter to preach to the crowd. Isn't it wonderful that Jesus can identify Peter's empty boat in the middle of the crowd?

Verse 2 says, “He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets.” The key word is, “He saw.”

How lovely that Jesus sees that which is empty, that which is a failure. The boat is the symbol of a failure, as Peter and others couldn't catch fish, and it remained empty.

Many times, when we are empty, we wonder and think about various solutions to fill the emptiness. But here, Peter let Jesus into his empty boat, and what happens next is undeniably significant.

Jesus used the empty boat as His pulpit. Peter might have thought nothing good was going to come out of his empty boat on that day. But God chose his empty boat to be used for His work. When we let Jesus in, He can use even our failure to bless others.

Next, Jesus wanted him to push the boat offshore. This is to help Peter to emotionally distance himself from his past failure, from the emptiness, from the hopelessness.

Then Jesus gives him a fishing instruction which sounds not so great to the fisherman. But Peter obeyed blindly. And the blind obedience resulted in an abundance of fish overflowing Peter's boat.

The abundance overwhelmed Peter. Now he is no more worried about the emptiness or the abundance of his boat. But he is fully into Jesus. He couldn't think of anything apart from Him. He knew He is better than anything, any abundance that our life can offer.

Hey friend, when we are struggling with anything, we just need to let Jesus in our boat. It is not just to experience the fullness of the abundance, but it is just to understand that we need nothing but Him.

Dear God, thank You for touching our lives, thank You for seeing our emptiness, thank You for coming into our boat. Fill our hearts with Your presence, dear Jesus. May we be filled enough that nothing makes us worried or hopeless. May we know all we need is You.

Love You, dear Lord. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.