recorded in Luke 5:4–5. The Lord Jesus said to Simon Peter, “… Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing.” That is a statement of fact, a declaration of naked truth: “We fished all night, and we caught nothing. We know this sea, and there is no use going back out there.” But notice what Simon Peter adds, “Nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.” He says he will go back and