"God's Fishnet"

"He sent from above, He took me, He drew me out of many waters." (Psalms 18:16) Captured by The Master Fisherman! I would have made that the title, if only I could have condensed it down a little more. But really, God does fish us out of these muddy waters; and sometimes we do not even know we have been caught! I know that might sound a little strange, to say that He has caught us, but that we may not know it has happened. If you think about our lives prior to coming to Christ, it can only be by God's protective hand, that we even made to that day when we accepted His Son into our heart. If you look at Moses, He was a prime example of God's protective hand upon someones life. Even his very name means to be drawn out of the water, or 'drawing out', as in to rescue; a name that was given him because he was taken up out of the river, when his mother placed him there to be safe from being killed. Moses had no clue that he was chosen for a great work, until late in his life, when he was tending his father-in-law's sheep on the back side of Mount Horeb. From that point on, his name no longer applied to just him being drawn from the river as a baby, but it applied to God using him to rescue His people from Egypt, and to draw them out of bondage. The "many waters" that David is speaking of, are waters that are more than numerous, but that are multi leveled, as would be the case in looking back at the different seasons of our life. I see a vision of a net that is sent from above; which we cannot see, nor can we see through the muddy waters that we are swimming in; but God can see, and He knows exactly when to lift up on that net and pull us up, or let us back down, or move us from side to side. If you really want to talk about God's selection, or God's desire for those that He has chosen, then here is a really good place to start off that conversation. One thing that is for sure, and that I dreamt about all night long: God's Fishnet does not have any holes in it, and when He captures us, we are captured for life...