Can You Obey God When You Think He’s Wrong? Hearing God’s Voice in Luke 5:1-11
Peter had fished all night and caught nothing. Then Jesus told him to go back out at the worst possible time of day.
Today in our daily Bible study we’re starting Luke 5, where Jesus begins calling His disciples. What strikes me about Peter is that he doesn’t believe it’s going to work, he says so out loud, and he lets the nets down anyway. If you’re waiting to feel sure before you obey, this one is for you, because trusting God rarely starts with certainty.
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Questions we answer today
Why did Jesus teach from a boat instead of the shore?
What kind of exhaustion was Peter actually in?
Why was everything about this instruction wrong by fishing standards?
What does the title Peter uses for Jesus tell us about his heart?
Why didn’t they just abandon the boats and follow Him?
Timestamps
00:00 Moving into Luke 5 and the active ministry years
03:30 Reading Luke 5:1-11
05:40 The lake, and why storms came up so fast
07:47 Why the boat was a pulpit, not a barrier
10:00 Jesus asked permission
11:16 Kopiao, the work that empties you
12:20 Why they fished at night
13:58 Wrong hour, wrong depth, wrong net
15:23 He doesn’t believe it, and obeys anyway
17:01 Epistates, and what that title reveals
19:34 You don’t have to feel confident to be obedient
21:17 All night in their own strength
22:29 They offered an empty vessel and He filled it
23:41 Depart from me, I am a sinful man
24:47 Zogreo, and what catching men really means
27:44 Why they didn’t abandon the boats
29:49 What being a disciple actually meant
33:46 Prayer
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