The Miraculous Catch of Fish

The Miraculous Catch of Fish
Luke 5.1-11

‘When Christ calls a person,’ declared Dietrich Bonhoeffer, ‘he tells them to come and die.’ Bonhoeffer, of course, did exactly that, hanged by the Nazis for resistance to Hitler. But when Simon Peter first met Jesus, he didn’t realize this. If he could have seen a movie of what would happen to him in the next year or two, he might well have repeated his plea that Jesus leave him in peace. But that’s not how Jesus worked; it’s not how God works. Peter clearly had a sense that life was never going to be the same again, that he was going to face new demands and challenges; but he couldn’t help being swept off his feet by what had happened...

Taken from Luke for Everyone – by Tom Wright