Getting to Know Jesus #6

Luke has just shown us that the best response Jesus' early followers had to Him were those that were more impressed by His word than His wow.  This is not to day that Jesus' actions were not impressive. Luke 5:

On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, 2 and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. 3 Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people from the boat. 4 And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” 5 And Simon answered, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.” 6 And when they had done this, they enclosed a large number of fish, and their nets were breaking. 7 They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. 8 But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.” 9 For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish that they had taken, 10 and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.” 11 And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.

Notice that the reason Jesus was in the boat in the first place was people were pressing Him to hear the word of God, and He needed a little distance from the audience so they could see Him and He could speak for them all to hear.  Then, when He had finished speaking, He wasn't done talking, He gave Simon instructions, and how does Simon respond? But at your word I will let down the nets.” He had seen Jesus heal his mother-in-law with His word; He trusted Jesus' words. At this point, Simon shows us another way we should respond to Jesus: awe and worship. Peter is so convinced of Jesus' holiness, and his own sin, that he knows how unworthy he is to be around Him. But Jesus wants to be around him, and us, so after the initial shock, our next step, like Simon and his crew, is to follow the One Whose words change everything.