What do you do when the boat is already full?

Here’s something I’ve been sitting with this week.

We tend to assume that God calls us when we’re struggling. When the nets are empty. When life feels stuck and we’re ready for something new.

But that’s not how it happened for Peter.

Jesus arrived at the water’s edge on Peter’s best morning ever. The nets were so full they were starting to tear. This was the catch of a lifetime - and that’s precisely the moment Jesus said, “Come, follow me.”

He didn’t call Peter away from failure. He called him away from his greatest success.

I find that genuinely challenging. Because most of us are quietly waiting for a better moment to respond more fully to God. When life settles down. When we feel more confident. When we’re better prepared.

But Jesus has a habit of arriving right in the middle of our fullness - not our emptiness.

This week in the CALLED series, we’ve been exploring what it really means to step out of the boat. And the thing I keep coming back to is this: leaving isn’t a one-off dramatic gesture. It’s a daily posture. A quiet, repeated decision to move towards Jesus rather than stay with what’s familiar and safe.

Oswald Chambers put it plainly: “The call of God is not the echo of my nature.” He doesn’t call us towards the comfortable. He calls us towards himself.

The question he asks isn’t are you ready? It’s simply - will you come?

Today’s full devotional is on YouTube. I’d love for you to watch it, sit with the reflection questions, and share one honest step of trust in the comments.

👉

Rob

Read this week’s devotionals here - https://open.substack.com/pub/battledrilldevotional/p/when-the-storm-wont-stop-and-what?r=643q6o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true