A friend’s physician recently told her to lose weight. It was sound medical advice. Yet, my friend immediately went in search of a second more palatable opinion. Seeking a second opinion when faced with a serious medical condition or a murky legal problem is prudent. Yet, we often seek a second opinion when God’s wisdom seems to be guiding our life. Many times, we feel God’s wisdom when we have doubts about where we are in life, how we are living or where we are headed. The doubts that populate the human psyche. Tragically, we often silence those doubts. Yet, those doubts can be the very site of God’s transforming grace. Despite sensing God’s grace inspired wisdom in our lives, we seek second opinions. We talk ourselves out of believing that God is in an intimate relationship with us. We look for evidence that suggests we can control our world. If only we had faith in our doubts. Then we would not need a second opinion. Then God’s grace could wonderfully transform our lives. Now, that is genuinely Good News. Blessings, Pastor Tom Luke 5:1-11 One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God. He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat. When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.” Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.” When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink. When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!” For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon’s partners. Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid; from now on you will fish for people.” So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him. Comments are closed.
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