The blessings in store for you

God has blessings stored up for you. He may be waiting for you to "cast your net off the right side of the boat" (the side He tells you to; John 21). He knows where the fish are. He can put a coin in a fish's mouth! Just remember not to be discouraged or envious of others when they're blessed: It's right before the flow of a new major gift that the greatest angst or opposition or lacking often arises against us (as a test).

Were the fishermen not woefully short of fish?

Yes. But they were near to Christ and they went from empty nets to one so full it should have burst (but did not!). They listened to the Him. They cast in the right direction. It was one of His last lessons before He ascended.

The right direction is your purpose in life, your mission, your port, your destiny.

It is lack of hope and faith (underline hope) that often prevents a release of stored blessings. There is the "night of no fish." In the darkness, despair erases faith.

It's also envy: We look at others and may be sad when we still have an "empty net" and they get something special -- a big catch. We act as if that special "something" -- the gift, the blessing, they have received, their catch of fish -- should have been for us.

If that happens to you, just remember that it wasn't meant for you. It didn't have your name on it. In fact having it may even have been a stumbling block for you: slowed down your pursuit of true purpose in life. You'll never find joy in what was intended for another. Live life as it unfolds. "Your ways are not God's ways (Isaiah 55:10).

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