Luke 5:1-11
1 One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, with the people crowding around him and listening to the word of God,
2 he saw at the water's edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets.
3 He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.
4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch."
5 Simon answered, "Master, we've worked hard all night and haven't caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets."
6 When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break.
7 So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.
8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus' knees and said, "Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!"
9 For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken,
10 and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon's partners. Then Jesus said to Simon, "Don't be afraid; from now on you will catch men."
11 So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.

When Jesus preached at the shore of Lake Gennesareth a large number of people were listening to him, Peter and his friends were also there. They worked hard throughout the previous night, but they could not catch anything. And they were discouraged. When Jesus told them to cast their net into the deep sea, they responded. When they decided to obey what Jesus told them even in their discouragement, they had a great catch.

When Peter saw the catch he turned to be different. He said, 'I am a sinner, leave me.' Because his obedience did not come out of faith. But then when he saw the result, he was ashamed. How could I be so faithless! Two great moments, moment of great joy and moment of great pain, came together into the life of Peter. It is like the delivery pain in a woman. She delivers with an immense pain, yet at the next moment, the pain turned to be the greatest joy in her life.

There are times of immense pain in our life, but remember, it is going to bring forth the greatest joy in our life the next moment. When we are in pain, it is not easy to obey or listen to God. But when we are firm and obedient, the next thing we see is His glory. We see his miracles.