The best decision.

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We want to receive the best blessings but we do not consider the decisions we make, the results we have today are according to the decisions we have made in the past, any choice, no matter how insignificant it may seem, can generate a profound change in the future.

Now it happened that Jesus was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God. 2 And he saw two boats standing by the shore of the lake, and the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets. 3 And he got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and begged him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the crowd from the boat. 4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch." 5 Simon answered and said to him, "Master, we have toiled all night and have caught nothing; but at your word I will let down the net." 6 When they had done this, they enclosed a great multitude of fish, and their net was breaking. 7 Then they signaled to their companions who were in the other boat to come and help them; and they came and filled both boats, so that they were sinking. 8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus' knees and said, "Depart from me, Lord; I am a sinful man." 9 For fear came upon him and all who were with him because of the catch of fish they had made, 10 and also upon James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon's companions. But Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men." 11 And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.

Luke 5:1-11

Most of the time God asks us for very simple things that seem insignificant to us and we overlook them, we think: "This is not so important, I don't need to do it," but we forget that these small decisions are a small step to something much bigger. Let's remember Peter in the previous passage, a simple decision for what the Lord had asked of him radically changed his whole life, he went from being a fisherman to a fisher of men.

5 Simon answered and said to him, Master, we have worked all night and have caught nothing; but at your word I will let down the net.

Luke 5:5

This picture shows us the result of a very exhausting night of work, but unproductive work, that is to say: Peter did not feel like continuing like this, but even so he accepted the words of the Lord and moved the boat so that the crowd could hear the words of Jesus. After this, the Lord asked Peter to go out to much deeper waters (according to Peter and his experience, it was NOT the right time). Peter's obedience, the decision to listen and do according to what Jesus asked him, even when Peter was very tired and frustrated, even though Peter knew that what the teacher asked was something illogical according to his experience, had the result of that decision, Peter was blessed with two loads full of fish.

Generally, the results and blessings that we receive from God tend to be also due to decisions that seem insignificant or that God does not take into account so much, but it is not so, God takes everything into account.

Simply because Peter was an experienced man in fishing, he would have refused to go to deep waters at midday, or he would have refused to lend his boat to the Lord, his logical justification would not be wrong, but he would have missed the Lord's blessing of obtaining an unimaginable catch and becoming an apostle. Peter became a witness to Jesus' miracles over the years, starting with that great catch of fish.

This picture in the life of the apostle Peter was undoubtedly the decision that allowed Peter to preach later on at Pentecost and three thousand people were saved. Do you think that the small requests of the Lord are too small?