Contemplations #238
So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him. Luke 5:11
Until this day Peter and his companions had wanted nothing but to catch fish. They had worked through the night, as they had likely done many nights before, laboring hard with all their skill and knowledge to net fish. And yet when Jesus blesses them with an astounding haul of fish, they immediately leave everything on the shore. The way the text reads, they pulled the boats up on shore and left it all. The boats were full of the fish that they had dreamed of catching, but now their interests were no longer in fish. They didn't ask Jesus to come back tomorrow to help them catch more fish.
Contemplations #239
So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him. Luke 5:11
Peter and his companions were fishermen. They listened to Jesus teach, not their area of expertise, but they were the ones who knew how to fish. It was not after Jesus' teaching that they left all and followed him, but after the miraculous catch. Had Jesus not astounded them in their own area of expertise they might not have been so receptive. Sometimes where we believe ourselves to be the most competent is where God must appear, showing us that we are not so skillful and capable as we think. Where do we think we need the least amount of help? Maybe that is exactly the place in our lives where God will grab our attention.
Contemplations #240
So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him. Luke 5:11
One can hardly imagine that Peter or the others had any clear idea of what Jesus meant when he said that from now on they would catch men. However, they did recognize that what had happened was potentially world-changing for them. Their commitment at that moment when they left everything was to the person of Jesus and not to some vision of the future. The future he was talking about must have been a complete mystery. What did he mean 'fishers of men'? They didn't leave their boats, nets, and fish for a brighter future that Jesus was promising, but to follow a man who clearly knew the God of their fathers.
So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him. Luke 5:11
Until this day Peter and his companions had wanted nothing but to catch fish. They had worked through the night, as they had likely done many nights before, laboring hard with all their skill and knowledge to net fish. And yet when Jesus blesses them with an astounding haul of fish, they immediately leave everything on the shore. The way the text reads, they pulled the boats up on shore and left it all. The boats were full of the fish that they had dreamed of catching, but now their interests were no longer in fish. They didn't ask Jesus to come back tomorrow to help them catch more fish.
Contemplations #239
So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him. Luke 5:11
Peter and his companions were fishermen. They listened to Jesus teach, not their area of expertise, but they were the ones who knew how to fish. It was not after Jesus' teaching that they left all and followed him, but after the miraculous catch. Had Jesus not astounded them in their own area of expertise they might not have been so receptive. Sometimes where we believe ourselves to be the most competent is where God must appear, showing us that we are not so skillful and capable as we think. Where do we think we need the least amount of help? Maybe that is exactly the place in our lives where God will grab our attention.
Contemplations #240
So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him. Luke 5:11
One can hardly imagine that Peter or the others had any clear idea of what Jesus meant when he said that from now on they would catch men. However, they did recognize that what had happened was potentially world-changing for them. Their commitment at that moment when they left everything was to the person of Jesus and not to some vision of the future. The future he was talking about must have been a complete mystery. What did he mean 'fishers of men'? They didn't leave their boats, nets, and fish for a brighter future that Jesus was promising, but to follow a man who clearly knew the God of their fathers.
posted by Greg at 8:12 AM
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