When He had
stopped speaking, He said to Simon, “Launch out into the deep and let down your
nets for a catch.” Luke 5:4
When Christ teaches you something about Himself, He implements
it into your life through experience. As the crowds gathered around, Jesus
chose to board Peter’s boat and teach the people from there. All day long Peter sat in the boat
listening to Jesus teach the multitudes. At the close of His discourse, Jesus
allowed Peter to experience the reality of what He had just been teaching the crowd.
The crowd had heard the truth,
but Peter was to experience it.
Jesus put His teaching into language a fisherman could
understand. He told Peter to put out his nets into the deep water. Peter
hesitated, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing.” Peter had
been fishing all night, had washed and repaired his nets in the morning, and
then listened to Jesus teach. He was tired. He probably was not expecting a
dramatic encounter with God at a time like that. Yet, as Peter obeyed Jesus, he
pulled in such a miraculous catch of fish that his boat almost sank! Peter was
filled with amazement and recognized that he had just experienced the power of
God (Luke 5:4-11).
Peter learned that with a command from Jesus, he could do
anything. Thus, Jesus was able to reorder Peter’s priorities from catching fish
to catching men (Luke 4:10). Peter’s obedience led to a whole new insight into
the person of Jesus. This was an invitation to walk with Jesus in an even more
intimate and powerful way.
God does not want you to merely gain intellectual knowledge of
truth. He wants you to experience His truth. There are things about Jesus you will learn only as you obey Him. Your
obedience will then lead to greater revelation and opportunities for service.
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