Luke 5
"Take the boat into deep water, and lower your nets to catch
some fish" (Luke 5:4). We need to go deeper with God, if we are to bring
others to Him. We see this in the ministry of Jesus - "Large crowds
gathered to hear Him and have their diseases cured. But He would go away
to places where He could be alone for prayer" (Luke 5:15-16).
"Praising
God, he (the healed man) went home" (Luke 5:25). "Everyone was amazed
and praised God" (Luke 5:26). One man praising God, many people praising
God - praise leads to more praise. Personal praise and corporate praise
- we need both: praise that arises in my heart when I think of all that
the Lord has done for me, praise that grows stronger when I gather
together, with others, for worship.
"Why do you eat and drink with
tax collectors and sinners? " (Luke 5:30). The Lord's Supper is for
sinners. When we sit with the Lord, at His Table, what we're saying is
this: 'I'm a sinner. I need a Saviour.' What does Jesus say to us? He
says, 'Yes. You are a sinner - and Yes. I am your Saviour.' This is Good
News - the Good News of salvation. Jesus says, "I've come to call
sinners to change the way they think and act" (Luke 5:32). When Jesus
calls us to Himself, He doesn't leave us the way He found us. He changes
us - from the inside, to the outside.
The contrast between the
old and the new - What are we to take from these parables (Luke
5:33-39)? In the spiritual life, it's the new life that's better than
the old life. when we have begun to live the new life in Christ, the old
life loses its attraction. We're learning to see things through the
eyes of Christ - to desire more of Him, and less of the world, more of
the new life, and less of the old life.
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