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*Grander Vision Living*
Luke 5:1-1 ~/ Luke 5:27-32
*Introduction*:
Four weeks go by pretty quickly.
It’s hard to believe that this is the concluding Sunday of our /Just Walk Across the Room/ campaign.
At the beginning of all of this, we explored the possibility of taking some walks.
Even though there are some risks…some steps of faith we must take…we discovered that this was the way Jesus lived his life.
Time and time again, Jesus was known to take the walk across the room.
His was willing to take the step of faith and reach into the lives of people all around Him.
At the beginning of all of this, we were reminded that the single greatest gift we can offer the people around us is an introduction to a life changing relationship with Jesus.
We talked about building friendships and about showing acceptance to people who are living far from God.
And se dove into the power of story, refreshing our understanding of how much weight our words carry … and of how critical it is that we steward /God’s/ story and our own before-and-after picture of God’s grace.
This morning we are going to conclude with the priority that is nearest to the heart of God…and that is finding what is lost…restoring what is broken…and reclaiming what is His.
When you choose to pursue this Grander Vision, you will be partnering with God in the most magnificent mission imaginable.
Jesus describes this in terms of fishing.
I don’t know how you feel about fishing, but I have to admit that it’s never been big on my list of favorite things to do.
Growing up in the Midwest, fishing for me always meant sitting for hours on rock, dangling a fishing hook in some pond or stream, and hoping that something would happen.
And usually, nothing happened.
When it did…those extremely rare occasions…I would pull up out of the water a great…6 inch Blue Gill.
It was hardly worth it.
Because then you have to get your hands all slimy getting the thing off the hook so you could through it back into the pond.
You got to be careful so that you don’t cut yourself on the fin.
This was not exactly my idea of fun.
I would have rather gone cow tipping or snipe hunting…if you know what I mean.
And so when my brother-in-law, who happens to be an avid fisherman asked me to go fishing with out in the ocean.
I wasn’t the least bit excited.
You know how there are those times in life when you have to suck it up and take one for the family.
Well this was it.
So we loaded up on the boat and we went fishing…and it was phenomenal experience.
It is one thing to sit on a rock casting a line into a pond, but it is quite another to be out there on the water where the real fish actually are.
We spent the entire morning pulling in huge dolphin fish.
It was thrilling, it was exhilarating, and it was just plain fun.
Is the picture up on the screen?
These things were 36 inches and bigger.
We must have caught 20 or 30 of these things.
The whole experience gave me an appreciation for fishing I never thought possible.
I learned two things: in order to experience true fishing you have to be where the fish are.
I also learned that the bigger the fish are….the
more exciting it will be.
I suspect that this is what Jesus was trying to tell the disciples in the gospel of Luke.
Jesus speaks a word of teaching to crowd around him and then he speaks a word about fishing to the disciples.
It comes from Luke 5:1-11.
Read.
The disciples had been fishing all night and had caught nothing.
You have to know that they were not fishing for a hobby or off on some exotic vacation.
This was their livelihood and it was serious business.
The towns around the Sea of Galilee had names that reflected fishing's importance to their economy and daily life.
Tarichaea, one of the villages, meant “the place of salt fish” probably a town where people were employed in packing and exporting fish to Rome.
Bethsaida meant "fish town" at least four fishermen who followed Jesus came from this town, and most of the town's men were employed in the fish business.
After bringing in the day's catch, fishermen still had to mend and wash their nets, repair and maintain the boats, preserve the fish, and bargain with local merchants to sell or trade the catch.
It was a very tiring job.
The fishermen had been fishing all night which was the only time to really catch fish.
The fact that they were “washing their nets” probably indicated that they were finished with the day's catch, ready to go home.
These fishermen were tired and they were frustrated.
They had worked all night and had nothing to show for it.
It's like the salesman who has gone for days without a sale.
It's like the lawyer who cannot attract clients.
They were discouraged, disheartened.
This is probably why they welcomed Jesus into the boat with them in the first place.
If they couldn’t bring home some fish than at least they could listen to a good story.
When he was done teaching, Jesus asked them to go back out in their boats.
You kind of have wonder what he was teaching about.
Maybe he was teaching them about God’s great love for people.
Maybe he was teaching about how fulfilling life is in the kingdom of God.
Maybe he was teaching them how to take a /walk across the room/.
At any case, his request to throw the net back out in the water wouldn’t have made much sense to them, especially coming from a carpenter.
These men were professional fisherman.
If anybody knew how to fish, it was them.
I don’t know too many people who take medical advice from their tax consultant.
I don’t know too many people who take tax advice from their barber.
I don’t know too many people who take hair styling advice from their mother-in-law.
Some things make sense and this clearly does not.
The truth is we don’t know why they obeyed…but they did and that’s the only thing that matters.
A carpenter they had only known for a short time suggests to these professional fishermen that they go back out and they did it!
They obeyed.
And their obedience was rewarded beyond their wildest dreams.
They caught so many fish that their nets were breaking.
Can you just imagine how elated Peter, James, and John were because of this monstrous catch of fish?
This was the mother lode!
They’d never /seen/ a catch like this!
I mean, their nets were bursting, the boat was sinking, it was so full of fish.
It is an amazing miracle and Peter is moved to confession, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!”
It is a great miracle…but in all honesty…it’s not the biggest miracle of the day.
There is something that happens in this passage that’s even great than the catch of a lifetime.
Instead of the “catch of a lifetime” Jesus is promising a lifetime of catching…and not just the little fish.
Jesus is not promising the 6 inch kind, Jesus is talking about the 6 foot kind.
“Do not be afraid,” Jesus says, “from now on you will catch men.”
I believe this unique miracle sets up one of the most critical aspects of Jesus’ teaching: the idea of/ small fish versus big fish./
It is the question he asks every would be follower.
Are you going to throw your one and only life into pursuing small fish, or will you risk tossing your nets out there in anticipation of catching the human-sized ones?
Are you going to dive headlong into the Grander Vision, or will you be the type who settles for the lesser one?
Christ followers are called to go out and take people alive.
The translation “to catch” is not really accurate.
The actual Greek word Jesus used means “to take alive.”
It’s a much more attractive image.
Nobody wants to be caught.
Too much evangelism is conducted that way.
We maneuver people into signing a decision card or accepting “the plan of salvation.”
Jesus was promising those early disciples that they would be taking people alive for the kingdom…and that’s exciting business.
The verb tense used here describes an ongoing process.
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