“Put Out Into the Deep…”

May 23, 2017

“Put Out Into the Deep…”

Blessings folk!

Reread the passage…

Luk 5:1-11

Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around Him and listening to the word of God, He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret;

and He saw two boats lying at the edge of the lake;
but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets.
And He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little way from the land. And He sat down and began teaching the people from the boat.

When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon,
“Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”

Simon answered and said, “Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing,
but I will do as You say and let down the nets.”

When they had done this, they enclosed a great quantity of fish, and their nets began to break;

so they signaled to their partners in the other boat for them to come and help them.
And they came and filled both of the boats, so that they began to sink.

But when Simon Peter saw that, he fell down at Jesus’ feet, saying,
“Go away from me Lord, for I am a sinful man!”

For amazement had seized him and all his companions
because of the catch of fish which they had taken;

and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon.
And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not fear, from now on you will be catching men.”

When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed Him.


Jesus was speaking.
Speaking the Word of God.
People were pressing in on Him.
He saw two boats with fishermen washing their nets onshore.
He sat down in Simon’s boat.
They pushed off from the shore a little way and Jesus continued teaching.

The people wanted to hear.
They wanted to know.

When done speaking, Jesus told Simon to put out to deep water and let the just-cleaned nets down.

We can tell that Peter is tired.
They had worked hard all night.
They caught nothing.

Now they have clean nets.
Still…
Simon did as the Lord said, not as he felt.

The result?
An outpouring of harvest and blessing.
Enough to fill and sink the both boats.

Simon’s response?
He was amazed.
He requested that Jesus stay away from him because he was a sinner.
He doubted.

Jesus told Simon to fear not.
From then on he would fish for men.

When they arrived to shore, Simon, James and John left everything…boats, business, families, etc… and followed the Lord.

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