1 Cor 3:18-23 / Luke 5:1-11
It is not that easy to always do what you are told. From our childhood days, whenever we are told to do something, especially something we don't really like, we have a tendency to question and to argue.
More so when we think we know what is right, then all the more we wouldn't want others to tell us what to do. And it would be also more likely that we would be telling others what to do.
In the gospel, Peter faced a situation of a carpenter-preacher telling him, a professional fisherman, where to fish.
There is a tinge of protest when Peter said they had worked hard all night long and caught nothing. But he was also submissive enough to do what Jesus told him to.
Peter was open enough to do as Jesus instructed maybe because he had earlier heard Jesus preaching from his boat.
There was something spiritual in what Jesus said that echoed in the depths of his being that he decided to do what Jesus told him. And it was a decision that led to a revelation.
For Peter it was a revelation of divine wisdom, and that was proven by the great catch of fish.
And as the 1st reading tells us, if we think we are wise in the ordinary sense of the word, then we would probably have missed the moments of revelation of divine wisdom.
Even though we may be competent enough to know what we are doing, let us also be like Peter and to be open to what Jesus wants to reveal to us.
Wisdom is to know that we don't know everything, and that many a times our ways are not God's ways. May we be humble enough to keep learning what Jesus is teaching us.