Devotions

Jesus Won’t Carry It

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. 8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!”

Luke 5:1-11 New King James Version (NKJV)

The anointing caught the fish but the anointing didn’t carry the weight. Jesus did not carry the fish. THEY did. 

It is important to note, that God will bless you with something that He will not carry. He always blesses you to a measure you cannot handle on your own. God designed this to be a body ministry and not an individual one. 

What partners do you beckon in your time of blessing? Who helps you bear the weight of the blessing?