Fifth Sunday of Epiphany | Jesus Addresses the Issue of Limited Vision

Read Luke 5:1-11

Jesus Addresses the Issue of Limited Vision

 

Our Gospel text is the story of how Christ called Peter to be his disciple. At the beginning of the story, he is fishing for fish by the end of the story, he is fishing for men. It is fascinating to consider the men Jesus chose as his first disciples. He didn’t go to an executive search consultant or visit the placement office at the local college. He started by calling men with dirt under their fingernails—blue-collar workers, men without much education, men who knew about hard work and the value of perseverance.

The progress of this story is very simple. First, Peter caught fish, then Jesus caught Peter, and then Peter caught men. It all begins with a frustrated fisherman cleaning his nets after a long and hard night.