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Luke 5 - Devotion · The Five Minute Bible Podcast

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  Welcome to Five Minute Bible in our journey through the New
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  Testament. In each episode, we take just a
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  few minutes to focus on one chapter of the New Testament,
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  exploring the truths God is teaching us through His Word and
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  expanding our view of who He is. Before you listen, make sure
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  you've gone straight to the source, either by reading
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  today's chapter of the Bible yourself or listening to today's
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  read along episode in this podcast feed.
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  If you haven't done that yet, feel free to pause and do that
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  now. When you're ready, let's dive
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  into God's Word together. In Luke chapter 5, we're given a
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  detailed account of Jesus calling Simon, who would be
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  renamed Peter, to be his disciple.
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  This story is wild. I want you to hear what unfolds
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  straight from the text. And then I want us to see how
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  Peter's call parallels Isaiah's call back in the Old Testament
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  and provides for us a model of what it looks like to be changed
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  by Jesus and commissioned into his service.
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  So let's get to the text. This is Luke 5 verses one
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  through 11. Now it happened that while the
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  crowd was pressing around him and listening to the Word of
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  God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, and he saw two
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  boats lying at the edge of the lake.
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  But the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their
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  Nets. And he got into one of the
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  boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little
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  way from the land. And he sat down and began
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  teaching the people from the boat.
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  When he'd finished speaking, he said to Simon, Put out into the
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  deep water and let down your Nets for a catch.
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  Simon answered and said, Master, we worked hard all night and
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  caught nothing, but I will do as you say and let down the Nets.
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  When they had done this, they enclosed a great quantity of
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  fish, and their Nets began to break.
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  So they signaled to their partners in the other boat for
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  them to come and help them. And they came and filled both of
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  the boats, so that they began to sink.
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  But when Simon Peter saw that, he fell down at Jesus feet,
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  saying, Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.
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  For amazement had seized him and all his companions because of
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  the catch of fish which they had taken.
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  And so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were
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  partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Do not
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  fear, from now on you will be catching men.
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  When they had brought their boats to land, they left
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  everything and followed him. Jesus instructs Peter to lower
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  his Nets deeper. Peter, though respectful, is
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  doubtful that anything different will happen.
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  This experienced fisherman and his team have been fishing all
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  night with no success. But Peter obeys.
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  He drops the net and what happens is nothing short of
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  miraculous. They catch so many fish that the
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  Nets are about to break. They fill both boats with the
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  catch to the point of sinking the boats.
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  But watch Peter's response. He's not distracted by the
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  biggest haul of fish of his life.
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  He does not have dollar signs in his eyes at the money they'll be
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  able to make selling this catch at market.
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  He recognizes that the one who has the power and authority to
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  direct a catch like this is from God.
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  He falls down at Jesus feet and without a word about the fish he
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  says go away from me Lord, for I am a sinful man.
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  He acknowledges his sin. This holy man.
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  Jesus has demonstrated who he is and the only thing that matters
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  to Peter is that he is unworthy. He's too sinful to be in the
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  presence of Jesus. But Jesus looks to Simon and
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  does not shame him. Instead he invites him.
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  He says do not fear, from now on you will be catching men.
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  And Peter and his companions leave everything, boats, Nets,
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  fish and follow Jesus. In Isaiah chapter 6 we see the
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  call of God put on Isaiah the prophet.
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  Isaiah finds himself looking into the throne room of God.
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  He sees the train of God's robe filling the whole temple.
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  He sees the Seraphim standing above the Lord and hears them
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  calling out to one another of God's holiness and glory.
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  He feels the thresholds shake as they call out to one another.
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  He is witnessing a miracle in the presence of God.
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  And Isaiah, like Peter, is led to 1.
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  Conclusion. Listen to verse 5 of Isaiah
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  chapter 6. Then I said, Woe is me, for I am
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  ruined because I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a
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  people of unclean lips, for my eyes have seen the king, the
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  Lord of hosts. Isaiah sees his sin.
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  He acknowledges his unworthiness to stand up in the presence of
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  this holy, holy, holy king. But then God makes a move.
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  One of the seraphim flies to Isaiah and touches his mouth
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  with a burning coal and pronounces him forgiven.
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  And then immediately the Lord speaks, saying, Whom shall I
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  send, and who will go for us? Without hesitation Isaiah
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  answers the call, Here am I, send me.
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  So we see this Old Testament prophet and this New Testament
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  fishermen turned apostle, both finding themselves in the
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  presence of God, both in agony at their own sin, both invited
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  and commissioned by the Lord into faithful service.
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  And so it is with us, friends. This is our story.
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  Made aware of the greatness of God, His power, His glory, His
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  Majesty, forced to reckon with our own sinfulness, our own
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  fallenness and guilt before him, and then gloriously forgiven by
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  the Holy One, And not just forgiven, but lifted up and sent
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  out to do the work of our new Master.
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  This is our salvation story and this is our daily posture,
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  seeing His Holiness, seeing our sinfulness, and receiving His
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  free offer of forgiveness through Christ and going out in
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  boldness and joy to do the bidding of our King.
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  Praise the Lord, Praise Him that He has shown Himself to us.
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  Praise Him that He has shown us our sin.
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  Praise Him that He has forgiven us, and praise Him that He has
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  included us in His plan of redemption.
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  Praise Him and respond like Simon Peter did.
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  Leave everything and follow him.