Thanks so much for listening to this bonus podcast. I'm Susie Larson, host of Middays, and we at Faith

Radio are working our way through the Gospel of Luke this month, reading a chapter a day.

So every once in a while, I'll be posting some bonus content, just as things stand out to me.

And something jumped out at me in the Gospel of Luke chapter 6.

And I want to just talk about the idea of preparing for more.

It's so interesting to me how Jesus and the disciples were out on the boat. And Jesus asked them

to drop the net back into the water. And Peter said, you know, we've done that before,

Lord. But if you say so, we'll do it again. Right there, some things stood out to me because we can get

into a mode where we are striving, we are doing our own thing. We work so hard and we see such

little results. But when Jesus comes on the scene, we can do the same thing, but we're engaging

our faith and aware of God's presence and everything changes. Well, I love that they let down the

nets one more time, and you know what happened if you read the story. They brought in so many

fish that the nets started to tear. Well, because the nets started to tear, they called in more help

of other fishermen who came quickly to their aid. They caught so many fish as they brought them into the boat.

The boats started to sink. And in the midst of all of that, the people that were helping out

were awestruck by the catch. But the one closest to it, Peter, the one who had the dialogue

with the Lord, actually became acutely aware of his sinfulness. Said, go away from me, Lord. I'm too sinful of a man

to be near you. And I saw that progression kind of unfold before my very eyes. When we ask God to do

more in and through us, Dr. Mark Rutland says, you know what happens when you ask God to bless your

work and you do what he tells you to do? Well, that means more work. When God blesses the work of your hands

and you're faithful with a little, he entrusts you with more. And the progression I see in the story

is really a progression of what happens when we grow. When God starts to entrust us with more,

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