This passage with Peter shows that God does not call us on our time tables. Peter was tired, he had been working all night, he hadn't caught anything so I'm sure he was frustrated, yet Jesus said "come with me." Jesus calls us at times when we have no choice but to rely on His strength to keep going. He also calls us to do things outside our comfort zones. Peter was a fisherman yet Jesus called him to be a disciple, teach others, and learn from Him.
I sometimes wonder if the fishing trade was anything like the sailing trade now. Sailors are steriotyped for being rough characters with bad language. I wonder if that's how the fishermen were when Jesus came to them. I also get a mental picture of the characters in the "Deadliest Catch" shows. How every other word seems to be bleeped out so that it can air on television...imagine if that's how Peter was! Imagine the change that would have taken place in him after Jesus called him. Like us, I wonder if he ever lapsed in his speech and Jesus gave him that, "what did you say?" look...I know I'm reading into the story of who Peter was, but it makes the story more real to me. When all I have to go on is fishermen of today it draws a beautiful picture of how Jesus can change a life so dramatically that people have to stop and take notice!
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