Quiet Time Notes

Notes from my daily Quiet Times with God

Fearing God - Peter feared

June 5th, 2011
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Peter and his partners had been up all night fishing - Luke 5:1-11

• After Jesus' command/request, he said "because you say so, I will let down the nets"
• It may have took a lot to do this:
  • Tired from fishing all night
  • A carpenter asking a fisherman to fish during the worst time to fish - during the day
• Peter was elated at such a monumental catch - may have been the equivent of days or weeks worth of fishing
  

Did Peter try to immediately recruit Jesus as a fishing guide? No
Instead he was fearful: "Go away from me, Lord. I am a sinful man! - v8

He saw Jesus' power over the fish in the lake - special because it was from his own trade
He recognized that he somehow was in the presence of God

Jesus said nothing about Peter's sin - Peter now saw who Jesus really was
Peter fell down before Jesus not because his sin but Jesus' deity
Key Phrase: Peter fell down before Jesus not because his sin but Jesus' deity