MORNING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 5/24/2026
8:08 AM
My
Worship Time Focus: PT-3
“Jesus Is The Source Of Truth”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Luke
5:1-3)
Message of the verses: “1Now 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; 2and He
saw two boats lying at the edge of the lake; but the
fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their
nets. 3And He got into one of
the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a
little distance from the land. And He
sat down and continued teaching the
crowds from the boat.”
I want to pick up where I left off last night and
begin to write that Jesus being pressed against the water on that crowded
shore, He saw two boats lying at the edge of the lake. Now these were fishing boats, and not
some small row boats. They were large
enough to hold Jesus and the twelve disciples as see in Matthew 8:23-24;
14:22-23; Mark 6:31-32; 8:10; cf. John 21:2-3 which is where seven of the
disciples were in a boat. Now these
particular boats were beached or anchored to the shore, and the fishermen
had gotten out of them and were washing their nets in preparation for the
next night’s fishing. Fishing on the Sea
of Galilee was generally done at night, and the fishermen washed and repaired their
nets and worked on their boats and equipment during the day.
Now to create some space between
Himself and the crowd that was shoving and jostling for position around Him,
Jesus got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s. Perhaps the others belonged to
James and John. The Lord’s decision to
enter that particular boat was not a random one; Jesus did nothing without
purpose. The time had come for Him to
move not only into Peter’s boat, but more intensely into his life, along with
the other two who would become His inner circle, James and John, to lift them
to the highest level of commitment.
MacArthur writes “Since the Lord had
first encountered Peter (John 1:41-42) when his brother Abdrew brought Peter to
Him they, along with John (the unnamed second disciple of John the Baptist
referred to in v. 35) began their initial voluntary interest in following Jesus
as the Messiah. The Lord’s first actual
calling of Peter, along with Andrew, James, and John (Matt. 4:18-22; Mark
1:16-20), drew them in as men chosen by the Lord to be followers of Him. In this passage, Luke alone records their
final call, when they abandoned their fishing business and became permanent,
full-time disciples of Jesus. The Lord
targeted Peter in particular, since he would be the recognized leader of the
Twelve (his name is first on all four New Testament lists of the apostles) and
have a great influence on the rest (cf. John 21:3).
“After entering Peter’s boat, Jesus asked
him to put out a little way from the land.
Being on the water freed Jesus from being jostled by the crowd,
allowed the people to see Him better, and may have provided better acoustics,
since the flat, calm surface of the lake would to some extent amplify the sound
of His voice. After the boat was moved a
short distance from the shore and anchored n place, Jesus sat down (as
rabbis traditionally did when teaching; cf. 4:20; Matt. 5:1; 13:1; John 8:2) and
began teaching the people from the boat (cf. Matt. 13:2). No matter what the exigencies or
difficulties, Jesus would not be deterred from preaching the Word of God, which
the Father had sent Him to do (4:43; Mark 1:38).”
This ends the section and this
evening I begin to look at “Jesus Is Omniscient.” 5/24/2026 8:46 AM
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