By What Standard - Luke 5:1-11

Peter, like Isaiah, suddenly realizes he's in the presence of the almighty God, and sees the depth of his own sinfulness. Jesus "fished" Peter before calling him to fish men. In Romans 5:8 we see that God showed his love for us while we were still sinners! He stepped into our lives because he first loved us-- not because we came to him. We should be the most grateful people in the world!

As Peter discovered, the closer we get to God, the more sinful we realize we are. But we are transformed as we behold him-- and we behold him by reading his Word!

Satan uses all his power to stain us, to distract and deceive us, to fish us into his kingdom and away from God's. We must drop our nets and follow God, draw near to him and never let go! We must desperately cling to him daily, or Satan will win us over.