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!”
9 For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish which they had taken;
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God
Capital is the front head of something. The leading dimension of a group, a nation, or a body. Capital is that from which you draw resources for action or productivity; it is a source, a factor of production. In economics, it is called a factor of production. Capital is required to facilitate production, reproduction, or creativity. John 1:1 tells us “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Evidently, the word of God is capital, in that everything we see today was made by and from the Word. The Word is the source of all resources of value in the world today. God does all things after the counsel of His will, which is His Word (Ephesians 1:11). The Word of God leads and directs the operations of God. The Word is the capital you need to become all that God has destined for you to be. The Word is the parent material of creation and productivity. The light (wisdom) and substance (power) of the Word reveal the capital of the Word. When you get the Word, you get the capital for productivity, creativity, and excellence. The Word is the oldest and most potent factor of production at creation, and it still is, today.
Simon was a fisherman. He and his partners had toiled all night and caught nothing. Jesus needed to use his boat as a platform to preach the gospel of the kingdom. Simon was generous and responsive to Jesus’ request. When Jesus was done preaching, He thought it a good thing to bless Simon for his generosity towards Him. He then gave Simon an instruction to launch his net into the deep for a draught. Simon, being very reluctant to obey Jesus’ instruction owing to his failure the night before, said “Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing.” But Simon was quick to say, “nevertheless, at thy word I will let down the net.” He obeyed Jesus despite his past failures. That was very thoughtful of him! In the end, Simon enclosed a multitude of fishes, and his boat began to sink. Jesus Christ had injected the capital of His Word into Simon’s fishing business. Immediately, there was a boom; from the gloom of doom of catching nothing all night to the boom of prosperity that zoomed in at Jesus’ Word. That’s what happens when the capital of God’s Word is injected into your life. It stirs a boom in a zoom!
MY SOLID FRONT (YOUR CONFESSION):
The Word of God is my capital in life. I run my life solely on the Word and I get the Godkind of results in Jesus’ Name. By the Word, I am in the boom; I have left the doom of gloom and have stepped into abundant prosperity! Amen.
Further Meditation: Matthew 5:6; John 1:1-3.