It's A Miracle!

Luke 5: 1-11
1 One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret,with the people crowding around him and listening to the word of God,2 he saw at the water's edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets.

3 He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.

4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.”

5 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.”

6 When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break.

7 So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus' knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!”9 For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken,

10 and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon's partners.
Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don't be afraid; from now on you will catch men.”

11 So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.

I love that Simon Peter is there as Jesus is speaking to such a crowd that he had to climb into a boat and push out from the shore and yet it takes a miracle of boat loads of fish for Simon Peter to realize that he is a sinful man and in the presence of the Lord. Can you imagine just hearing Jesus speaking and not being so moved to realize your sin much less realize you are in the presence of Christ Jesus?

So if Simon Peter took a miracle to come to Christ even though he was already in the presence of the Lord... what is it going to take for you? Do you go to church week after week, yet you haven't laid it all down and made the decision to follow Christ? What miracle are you looking for? Maybe you are just too close to see it?

Christ is still performing miracles that will blow your mind if you just open your eyes to see them. Far more explosive then a boat full of fish. What miracles you ask? Take a look around. There are miracles every time we take a breath, every time we catch a glimpse of a beautiful sunset, every time we take a step. Too small for you? What about every time a soldier comes home from war, what about every time a premature baby grows up into an obnoxious teenager, what about every time the doctor says the cancer is in remission.

Maybe you aren't seeing the miracles because you are too close. Maybe you should push out from the shore and take it all in and look at it from a different point of view. Jesus is still performing great miracles. Do you see them? Will you leave everything and follow Him?