Jesus sends Simon right back to where he had just failed -- and not just a short effort. Simon had toiled all night and caught nothing.
But Simon recognizes wisdom, and he obeys. He has every reason to stand fast in a refusal to go back to where he just came from, but he's willing to trust in the commands of Jesus. He's just heard Jesus' teaching, so his obedience follows from listening to the Word of God.
Jesus sends us to strange places sometimes. He sends us back to places where we have failed, and we often want to say no. But if we're willing to listen to the commands of Jesus, we'll hear the compassion and understand the wisdom, and then we go. We follow where he sends us.
And when we go under the grace of Jesus, we find things that we never find on our own. Unimaginable riches, thanks to the grace and power of God. It may not be worldly riches, but to be rich towards God is the one wealth that we can take with us beyond the grave, and that is gold that lasts forever.
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