Do not let one failure limit you

Do not let one failure limit you (Photo: iStock)

An account is given in Luke 5: One day multitudes of people gathered and pressed around Jesus to hear the Word of God. He stood by the Lake of Galilee and saw two boats on the water but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets. Then he got into one of the boats, which was Simon's and asked him to put it out a little from the land. He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat.

When he had stopped teaching he told Simon to launch into the deep and let down the nets for a catch. Simon answered, "Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at your word, I will let down the nets." When they had done that, they caught a large number of fish and the nets were breaking. So they signalled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. They came and filled both boats until they began to sink.