Same Water...Different Result
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Pastor Tim Rigdon
Sunday, November 8, 2026
Today's Scriptures and Notes:
Luke 5:1–7 (NKJV) 1 So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, 2 and saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets. 3 Then He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. And He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat. 4 When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” 5 But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net.” 6 And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking. 7 So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.
1. DON’T ALLOW YESTERDAY’S FAILURE
…TO DETERMINE TOMORROW’S FAITH!
Luke 5:2 NKJV and saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets.
JESUS SHOWED UP AT THE PLACE OF THEIR DISAPPOINTMENT!
God is not intimidated by your empty places!
He’s not intimidated by what didn’t work!
DON’T CONFUSE AN EMPTY NET WITH AN EMPTY PROMISE!
2. YOUR NEXT BREAKTHROUGH MAY REQUIRE ANOTHER STEP OF OBEDIENCE!
Luke 5:4 NKJV When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.”
Luke 5:5 NKJV But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net.”
HE CHOSE OBEDIENCE OVER EXPERIENCE!
HIS WORD HAS THE FINAL AUTHORITY!
Proverbs 3:5 NKJV Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;
You cannot experience deep-water miracles…
…while insisting on remaining in the safety of shallow-water obedience!
Sometimes you’ve got to move beyond what is comfortable.
YOU’VE GOT TO FISH WHERE YOU’VE NEVER FISHED…
…TO CATCH WHAT YOU’VE NEVER CAUGHT!
IF GOD IS CALLING YOU DEEPER
…DON’T LET FEAR KEEP YOU SHALLOW!
3. THE SAME PLACE THAT PRODUCED NOTHING
…CAN BECOME THE PLACE OF ABUNDANCE!
Luke 5:6 NKJV And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking.
The same water that had produced nothing all night,
…was now producing more fish than their nets could handle!
SOMETIMES YOUR BREAKTHROUGH DOESN’T REQUIRE A DIFFERENT LOCATION,
…IT REQUIRES A FRESH ACT OF OBEDIENCE RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE!
You may simply need to hear God again,
…and obey what He’s telling you to do!
ISAIAH 43:19 NKJV Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert.
THEY WENT FROM NOT ENOUGH,
…TO MORE THAN ENOUGH!
FROM EMPTY NETS,
…TO BREAKING NETS!
FROM DISAPPOINTMENT,
…TO ABUNDANCE!
Their miracle became so great,
…that it required partnership!
SOMETIMES GOD WILL GIVE YOU SOMETHING TOO BIG FOR YOU TO HANDLE ALONE!
4. DON’T LET WHAT DIDN’T HAPPEN STOP WHAT GOD WANTS TO DO NEXT!
FAITHFULNESS IS NEVER WASTED IN THE HANDS OF GOD!
ALL HE HAD WAS A WORD!
JUST A WORD FROM THE LORD!
DON’T ALLOW YOUR LAST DISAPPOINTMENT,
…TO BECOME YOUR NEXT EXCUSE FOR DISOBEDIENCE!
Ephesians 3:20 NKJV Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
He’s able to bring a harvest out of a place that once appeared barren!
ARE YOU WILLING TO LAUNCH AGAIN?
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