For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and
labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in
that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister
(Hebrews 6:10).
E
verything you do or sacrifice for the sake of the
Gospel isn’t only recorded (Malachi 3:16), the Lord
also rewards you for it. This brings to mind Peter’s encounter
with the Lord at the lake of Gennesaret: “And it came to pass,
that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of
God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, And saw two ships
standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of
them, and were washing their nets. And he entered into one
of the ships, which was Simon’s, and prayed him that he
would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and
taught the people out of the ship” (Luke 5:1-3).
Peter and his company had just returned from a
fruitless all-night fishing expedition. So, his decision to oblige
the Master the use of his boat wasn’t an easy one; he had to
jettison his disappointment and exhaustion. And thank God
He did!
The Bible says after Jesus preached to the crowd from
Peter’s boat, He asked Peter to launch out into the deep for
a great catch. Peter obeyed and caught a great multitude of
fishes such that he had to call out to his partners to help him
haul in the great catch (Luke 5:6-7).
Remember, he had toiled all night and caught nothing.
But suddenly, he had so much, just because of what He did for the master
