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“Now when He [the Lord Jesus] had left speaking, He said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. And Simon answering said unto Him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at Thy word I will let down the net. And when they had done this, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake” (Luke 5:4-6).
The Lord Jesus had asked for the loan of Simon Peter’s boat to use as a small platform from which to speak, and now the Lord is going to reward him. Notice that the Lord Jesus told Peter to let down his nets to catch some fish. However, Peter was a bit skeptical; he was probably a good fisherman, and having worked all night, had not caught anything. Was something suddenly going to change now? So Peter said, “I will let down the net.”
What was the result? The net was so full of fish that it broke, and they had to get help from their partners in another boat. If he had let down all his nets, they would not have broken. I believe Peter learned a good lesson that day. He learned who the Lord Jesus was, and that He could command even the fish in the sea to obey Him. The result was that Peter realized that he was a sinner in God’s sight, but that God loved him just the same. That very day Peter gave up fishing, and followed the Lord Jesus.
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