Luke 5:1-11
New International Version (NIV)
Jesus Calls His First Disciples
5 One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret,[a] the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God. 2 He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. 3 He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.
4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.”5 Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.”
6 When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. 7 So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.
8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!” 9 For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, 10 and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon’s partners.
Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid; from now on you will fish for people.” 11 So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.
When Peter stepped into the ocean, he stepped into the chaos of rolling seas, thundering skies, and uncertainty. Dave Brubaker began the Oceans series asking: How do we react when our lives are in the midst of chaos? We are called to take a stand and not be moved, even in changing and troubling times. Reading from Luke 5, Dave posits these truths about following Jesus.
1) It is inconvenient, just as when He told to Peter to fish again despite a long night of work. Can we accept when he comes into our lives and disrupts things?
2) It means relinquishing control - He wants to commandeer all aspects of our lives, just as He used the fishermen’s boats as a pulpit.
3) It is unconventional - He will often ask us to do something completely different. Will we, like Peter, agree simply because He says so?
4) It takes the willingness to leave everything - our money and our independence - instead, banking on Jesus to make us the person that He wants us to be.
By Ed Chu
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