Game Changing Presence ~ Seeing the Miraculous in Mundane

Luke 5:1-11 Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around Him and listening to the word of God, He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret; 2 and He saw two boats lying at the edge of the lake; but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets. 3 And He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little way from the land. And He sat down and began teaching the people from the boat.
4 When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.” 5 Simon answered and said, “Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing, but I will do as You say and let down the nets.” 6 When they had done this, they enclosed a great quantity of fish, and their nets began to break; 7 so they signaled to their partners in the other boat for them to come and help them. And they came and filled both of the boats, so that they began to sink. 8 But when Simon Peter saw that, he fell down at Jesus’ feet, saying, “Go away from me Lord, for I am a sinful man!” 9 For amazement had seized him and all his companions because of the catch of fish which 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 fear, from now on you will be catching men.” 11 When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed Him.

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👉 (1) "...listening to the word of God..." On any given day, what would you hear Jesus talking about?

👉 (2) "and He saw two boats lying at the edge of the lake; but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets." When did Jesus "mix it up" with people? [in other words, what time of the week and what time in the day]

👉 (4) When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”

👉 Who were the skilled fishermen?

👉 What did Jesus know about fishing?

👉 (5) Simon answered and said, “Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing, but I will do as You say and let down the nets.”

👉 How would you describe Peter's "attitude of obedience" toward Jesus?

👉 How does Peter's obedience compare to Adam & Eve's obedience to NOT eat the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good & Bad?

"When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate." (Genesis 3.6)

👉 (8) "..he fell down at Jesus’ feet, saying, “Go away from me Lord, for I am a sinful man!”" Why did Peter & his business partners react like this?

👉 (10) “Do not fear, from now on you will be catching men.”

👉 (11) "...they left everything and followed Him..." How would you describe the fishermen's ultimate response to what they just experienced?

👉 Why is it so difficult to SEE or anticipate the powerful "Gaming-Changing Presence" of God in your everyday?

👉 Is it possible to develop a keener sense of His "Gaming-Changing Presence"? If so, how?

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NOTE: Verse 1.17 ~ Paul prays that God would give us a spirit of wisdom and REVELATION. The actual Greek Word for "...revelation..." is 'APOCALYPSE'.

'Apocalypse' is when we can SEE, through the "eyes of our heart", the spiritual realm and our earthly realm converging, or overlapping. That's when we have EYES TO SEE & EARS TO HEAR and hands & feet to work & walk it out.

Ephesians 1.15-17 For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you and your love for all the saints, 16 do not cease giving thanks for you, while making mention of you in my prayers; 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of REVELATION (apocalypse) in the knowledge of Him.

We need to work toward and pray that God would continue to make us aware of the unseen world constantly at work in our everyday ordinary life.