On a personal level, this command from Christ makes me think of how the pursuit of Truth often feels-like putting out into the deep. Out to where "we toiled all night and took nothing!" as Simon obstinately exclaims.
Jesus had just finished preaching to the crowds right from inside Simon's boat. What did he say after that, "OK, Simon, let's go have some breakfast from the fish you caught last night...what? you did not catch anything?! Alright, just take me home. We'll talk later."? No, he came right into Simon's life.
I imagine Simon felt the same way many of us do when we get weighed down and consumed with our own efforts that we think, "Yeah, Jesus, your preachy words sound nice and holy, but I've got something far more important to deal with right now."
It feels so futile so often to even bother finding purpose any longer. But, we must let Christ work. He insists on it because he knows us so well, as he did Simon upon the lapping waves on the shores of Galilee.
Accompanied now with the guiding light of Jesus Christ, let futilty be taken under and drowned by the current of the world from whence it first stirred!
And though we have indeed toiled all through the night of our drifting souls, we must once again set our sails and determine behind Simon, "But at your word I will let down the nets."
Out to the depths with your weary souls! and let the abundance of Christ fill your hearts that they may break in an overflow of His Almighty Grace!
Come home to the Love of God.
Pax vobis
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