“When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Now go out where it is deeper, and let down your nets to catch some fish.” Luke 5:4 NLT
Staying on the surface is so much easier and less risky. But depth comes with its benefits.
- Deeper research helps you get more data.
- Deeper conversations lead to better relationships.
- Deeper planning leads to better execution.
- Deeper thoughts lead to better decisions.
- A deeper assessment of candidates leads to better selection.
- A deeper relationship with God leads to purpose fulfilment
- …and so many more benefits.
Going deep requires more effort. Sometimes, it’s even laughed at, especially when people have achieved great results by staying on the surface.
Going deep helps you stay underwater better. It helps you learn to hold your breath when it looks like life will get snuffed out from you. It helps you withstand the pressure that the surface can’t give.
You learn how to make faster decisions on your own, after all, how many people will you find in such depth?
Those who achieve net-breaking results don’t settle for the surface as others. Even when it looks crazy and unnecessary, they still do it. It gets better when that instruction comes from God. You can never go wrong with that.
Peter hadn’t caught anything the night before, and from his experience, that probably wasn’t the first time it’ll happen. “We’ll go again tomorrow night”, he must have said.
But here he was receiving an instruction to go deep during the day when no one else would be active. Really? He didn’t think it would yield anything but decided to honour the giver of the instruction. That obedience to go the extra mile was the beginning of the rest of his life.
It’s okay to stay on the surface like others. But when you become dissatisfied with the surface results, go deep and make that huge catch. When you do, you’ll need all the help you can get to sustain those results because they’ll be huge.
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