Luke 5:5

New International Version

Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.”

For Meditation

. Is that not how we all have to live with Jesus?

“Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets” (Luke 5:5). Emphasis mine.

No argument or objection. The Master had said it, and He was worthy of obedience. 

Everything stood against what Jesus told Peter to do. An experienced fisherman with a thorough knowledge of the lake, Peter knew it was a worthless adventure. But the command of the Lord is not ordinary. It is life and authoritative.

Peter knew the person who spoke to him on that day. He had met Jesus through the invitation of Andrew, his brother (John 1:35-42). Jesus had given him a new name that prophesied into his future. So Peter called Him Master on the shores of Lake Gennesaret. He immediately put himself in the position of a servant—that of servitude and obedience. Is that not your position and mine as well?

So, Peter obeyed the Lord (Luke 5:5). The catch was as extraordinary as the command from the Master was (6), and that blew Peter’s mind.

 “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!” (8).

No one stands in the presence of God without seeing their inner self—sinful, completely depraved, and unworthy of Him. Nobody sees the glory of God and remains the same. Isaiah certainly didn’t (Isaiah 6:5). Now Peter also stood before the Master after seeing His glory in the miraculous catch, and he would not be the same again (10-11). 

You have met Jesus on the shores of your disappointment. He revealed His glory to you on the day you bowed your knees to Him and called Him Lord and Savior. Stop thinking you will be a better Christian only if He revealed His glory to you as He did to Isaiah and Peter. He has! The greatest miracle on earth is salvation, and you have experienced it, if you are a child of God. 

What Jesus tells us to do sometimes is something other than believable. But we still have to obey, as Peter did. 

Our response to Him must be, “Lord, I am struggling, but at your word, I will do it.” Then take the step of faith and do what He tells you to do. For His glory is waiting to be revealed in your response.