Peter said, “Lord, we’ve toiled all night, and have taken nothing.” That’s discouraging. They were fishermen. They just wasn’t guessing. They knowed where the sea, and how the moon should be, and where the fish was. They was la—ra—raised on that sea, Galilean. And they’d toiled all night through that same water, and hadn’t taken a thing. But he said, “Lord, at Thy Word, I’ll let down the nets.” There’s the secret. You’ve been maybe seined through every doctor’s office there is in the country. You might’ve been through prayer lines. You might’ve had your pastor praying. You might have consecrated Christians to pray. You might’ve tried everything that you know how to do. But tonight say, “At Thy Word, Lord, I’m going to let down the net right now. I’m going to stop trying anything; I’m just going to believe You right now, and take at Your Words. I’m going to let down the nets.” And it won’t be long when you’re pulling till you feel the tug, and the net will be full of fishes: joy, salvation, healing, blessings from God.

At Thy Word, 1950-07-14, Minneapolis, MN, §30