God's glory.

Luke 5:1-11:
¹One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, with the people crowding around him and listening to the word of God, ²he saw at the water's edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. ³He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.

⁴When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch."

⁵Simon answered, "Master, we've worked hard all night and haven't caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets."

⁶When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. ⁷So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

⁸When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus' knees and said, "Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!" ⁹For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, ¹⁰and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon's partners.

Then Jesus said to Simon, "Don't be afraid; from now on you will catch men." ¹¹So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.

I'm really really excited, because I feel like God has so wonderfully opened my eyes to seeing His glory in His word! I was reading Luke 5 today and just felt like I had become Simon Peter, falling at Jesus's knees because I am so overwhelmed by Jesus's glory and his holiness. It's absolutely incredible because I identify with SP in that I would work so so hard to do my job, but in vain, and then Jesus comes along and at his word a miracle happens, and it has nothing to do with me at all but everything to do with Jesus and who he is, and what he can do. I think it's a reminder that it is not the work of my hands that creates God's glory, but that His glory is inherent in simply who He is, and how He never really needed me in order to bring Him glory because He is glorious all on His own (though I do hope that all of my actions, thoughts, and words do represent Him well and glorify Him in that way). And even though I am sinful, Jesus still tells me to not be afraid and to come follow him. Crazy!