Simon Peter

I ordered a new lesson guide for Sunday School and was reviewing it last night. It explores the follower of Christ, Simon Peter. In reviewing lesson 1 (Luke 5:1-11), a question struck me. What do you think Jesus was teaching from the boat that made him decide to use the catch as a way to get the point across?

Hmm... the author does not tell us what Jesus is teaching from the boat. We just know that he was sitting in the boat a little ways from shore... teaching. What was he teaching? We know he used the "catch" to illustrate. We know that Simon confessed himself as a sinner.

In the movie Kingdom of Heaven, Balian (Orlando Bloom) is taking an oath to become a knight. After the oath, he is slapped (unexpectedly) and told "so he remembers." How often must we be slapped or shocked or wowed before we can hear the message. Do we not remember what Jesus said before he amazed us with his amazing catch?

I pray that I hear what God tells me without having to be "slapped."