February 6, 2022 | Pastor Seth Drewry
On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people from the boat. And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” And Simon answered, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.” And when they had done this, they enclosed a large number of fish, and their nets were breaking. They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.” For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish that 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 be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.” And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him. —Luke 5.1-11 (ESV)
God is a miracle working God and He is
The Lord will perfect that which concerns me. —Psalm 138.8
When Jesus arrives, something
Jesus shows up wherever there is a
God is not interested in anyone being a
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy, but I have come to give you life and life abundantly. —John 10.10
Beloved, I desire above all things that you be in good health and prosper even as your soul prospers. —3 John 2
Jesus is deeply concerned with both our spiritual and our
Jesus will often ask us to give from what we have so that He can give us what we
When they lent the boat to Jesus, it was
Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets. —Luke 5.5
God can make things do what they wouldn’t normally do. God can make things happen that wouldn’t normally happen.
God gave them a net-breaking, boat-sinking miracle.
What started as Jesus meeting a short-term, natural need ended with those fishermen becoming his
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