Friday, December 4, 2015

The Call to Something More


                Luke 5:1-4
So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, and saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets. Then He got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little from the land. And He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat. When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.”
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The Lord was drawing Simon Peter, and he had no idea he was “on the hook.” Jesus commandeered his boat, and Peter allowed it - reluctantly. Jesus asked him to push out a little from the shore, and he did - reluctantly. He then asked Simon to launch out into the deep and let out his net – again. A frustrated Simon, who had fished all night and caught nothing, reluctantly agreed; and I guarantee he didn’t do it with the best of attitudes or expectations. “What can this carpenter/rabbi possibly know about catching fish?” Yet, Peter did what the Lord asked – reluctantly; and his life was forever changed.

Jesus was not after fish, He was after Simon. Simon thought his life was about catching fish, but from this point on, it was about Jesus and catching men. Just like Simon, we will only find the true meaning of our lives when we are overmastered by the Lord and His calling. So don’t be afraid. Leave the boat, the net, the fish, everything, and everyone behind. Respond to the Lord’s calling. Your life is ahead of you, and it’s found in Christ Jesus.
                Luke 5:11
So when they had brought their boats to land, they forsook all and followed Him.


The choice is yours!

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