Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some (John
21:6).
A former client of mine was the marketing director of a large food brokerage
company and told me a story about one of their client grocery stores located
in the upper Midwest. It seems that the store could not understand why every
year at a certain time in the winter sales plummeted. They could not
understand why this trend took place. They studied their product line.
Interviewed customers. They did everything possible to uncover the mystery.
Finally, someone made a remarkable discovery that changed everything.
It seems that whenever it got really cold outside the manager raised the
heat temperature in the store. When customers came into the store it became
too warm for them, so they removed their coats and placed them in their
shopping carts. This meant less room for food and resulted in less sales
overall. They lowered the temperature of the stores and as a result the
sales climbed back to the levels they were accustomed to. Their adjustment
resulted in restoring sales levels.
Jesus stood on the shoreline and watched Peter and a few of the disciples
fish. They had not caught anything. Jesus yelled from the shoreline asking
if they had caught anything. He then suggested they cast their line on the
other side of the boat. Without knowing who this person was addressing them,
they took His advice. They began catching so many fish they could not bring
them in.
Adjusting our lives to God is the first thing that has to happen in order to
begin experiencing Him in our daily lives. For some, it is simply following
the advice of those above us. For others, it may require a major change in
our job situation. Still, for others it could mean making changes in
relationships. Whatever the case, you can be sure that until we adjust our
lives to God we will not receive the full blessing of God. Ask Him today
where you need to adjust to Him.