DESTINED FOR SUCCESS
Luke 5:1-3
THE WORD
FROM YOUR HOUSE
V:1. One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of
Gennesaret, with the people crowding around him and listening to the word of
God, 2 he saw at the water's edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who
were washing their nets. 3 He 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.
A. You are selected by Jesus for
greatness.
1. Jesus is always busy teaching the
Word, but His eye is on His chosen.
2. He attends to the business of the
world, but you are in His divine purpose.
B. Jesus moved His pulpit from the seashore
to the Simons boat.
1. Your house is the temple of the Lord.
2. Your house becomes God’s pulpit
proclaim the Word.
3. Your house is where church starts.
4. The boat was Simon’s workplace.
5. At the job make God the topic of your
conversation.
C. Before the foundation of the earth (Ephesian
1:4) you were chosen
To be God’s workplace.
1. Consider this; hundreds of years
before Jesus was born God chose
a. The family Jesus would be born into
b. His mother a virgin
c. His family line; Judah
d. His community; a Galilean
e. The time of His birth; Daniel chapter 9
f. The city of His birth; Bethlehem
2. God planned the time of your birth,
your family, your community and
Your life experiences.
D. Do you realize that Simon and his
fishing partners knew
The scriptures before they knew
Jesus as Lord.
1. Jesus was one of the boys from the
hood, Joseph’s son
2. It was Andrew who came running to
Simon with the good news
John 1:41-42
The first thing Andrew did was to find his
brother Simon and tell him, "We have found the Messiah" (that is,
Christ). 42 And he brought him to Jesus.
3. Andrew had heard the Word from John
the Baptist.
4. We became familiar with Christ
through our parents, a Sunday school teacher.
A preacher or some other person God places in
our lives.
CHOSEN
FOR SUCCESS
A. GOD HAS A PLAN FOR YOUR SUCCESS
1. Out of all the boats at the seashore,
Jesus chose Simon’s (Peter) boat
2. Why did He choose Peter’s boat?
3. Let me suggest, it was because of the
person that he was.
a. Peter was a family man.
b. Jesus knew Peter because He had
healed his mother-in-law.
c. He was a hardworking man.
d. He was busy doing the work to support
his family.
e. He was dedicated to the task given
him.
f. He applied his trade to the best of
his ability.
g. He was careful of the resources given
him:
His boat
His nets
His helpers
His time
h. He was in a constant learning mode.
i.
He
was determined.
j.
He
did not give up.
k. He persevered.
YOUR LIFE
EXPERIENCES BECOME YOUR TESTIMONY
A. If you are faithful in a few things,
God can make you ruler of many things.
1. God uses all your life experiences in the
ministry.
2. Jesus entered Simon’s boat and set
down to teach.
a. Simon noticed that Jesus was his
boat.
b. Simon left the nets he was washing
and came and got in his boat.
c. Jesus asked Simon to move the boat
out from the shore.
d. To comply with Jesus’s request, Simon
had to untie the boat and push it out
Out of the dock. Why is this important? You will see in a moment.
3. To minister to others, we have to be
taught the Word of God.
a. Peter was not part of the teaching
Jesus did on the shore. He was washing
His net.
b. He became involved when Jesus stepped
on his boat.
c. Simon let Jesus take center attention
on his boat.
d. Does Jesus have the center of
attention in your life?
WHO IS THE CAPTAIN OF YOUR SHIP?
In Relationships
In Fellowship
In Friendship
In Stewardship
In Leadership
In Partnership
4. A relationship was established before
Jesus stepped into his ship.
5. Fellowship was established when Peter
listen to the teaching of Jesus
6. Jesus establish friendship when He
gave Peter directions
7. Peter established Stewardship when he
followed Jesus’s instructions
8. Leadership is guiding others
according to God’s commands.
WHO IS
THE CAPTAIN OF YOUR SHIP?
"Launch
out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught." Luke 5:4
A. Notice Jesus gave a command, followed
by a promise of success.
1. The command; launch out into the deep
2. The promise; let down your net for a
draught (catch).
B. Success in life is anchored in obedience
to God’s commands.
1. Success does not come without failure.
2. It is not how many times you fail, but how many times you keep trying.
2. Sometimes what God instructs you to do, may go against your thinking.
3 . We must resist the temptation of telling the Lord what the outcome of
Our Situation will be.
C. Before Simon move the boat, he questioned
Jesus’s command.
Luke 5:5
Simon answered, "Master, we've worked hard all night and haven't
caught anything. But
because you say so, I will let
down the nets."
1. Jesus’s command didn’t make sense to
Peter, but it didn’t have to.
Not my will but your will
Lord.
2. Sometimes you must do it because God
said to do it.
3. What would be different this time?
a. This time Jesus was on the ship.
b. This time Jesus was controlling the
fish.
c. This time was Simon's time to see the
glory of God.
d. This time was the time for Simon’s
fishing partners to see the
Effect of trusting the
Lord.
e. This time was Simon’s success time.
4. The boat was already loose from its
mooring, so all Peter had to do was move out into the deep.
There are
times we need to move into the deep waters of society.
In the deep mind
of an alcoholic
In the deep
mind of a prostitute (male and female)
In the deep
mind of a drug addict
In the deep
mind of a troubled child or troubled parent
5. When you get in the deep, God can draw
people to himself through your Godly Words
Watch this,
when they got into the deep, the Lord drew a large number of fish into the net.
Jesus even provided
a market for the fish; the people who
came to hear the Word.
LEARNING
FROM YOUR EXPERIENCES BRINGS SUCCESS
We learn
from this narrative, that God uses all we have in the ministry.
The catch of
fish was miraculous.
In the miracle, the fisherman, his experience,
his boat, his fishing net
were all
used to take the fish.
Jesus shows
Himself friendly when He uses His power and authority to make things workout
Workout in
our favor.
When Jesus
gets involved in our personal lives, He makes Himself real to us.
They fished
all night and caught nothing.
It was not
because they were not good fishermen.
It was not
because they didn’t have good fishing nets.
It was not
because they didn’t have a good boat.
It was not
because they didn’t know where to fish or when to fish.
It was
because Jesus caused the fish to stay away from Peter’s net.
It was
because Jesus had chosen this time for Simon to know Him.
Sometimes
God allows us to fail so we can appreciate a miracle.
Sometimes
God lets all our efforts fail, to get our attention.
If Simon and
Andrew(his brother) had just caught a few fish when they
Went out
with Jesus, it would have been another ordinary day.
When Jesus
is the captain of your ship, you can expect the extraordinary.
Jesus
emptied the sea into their nets. They filled their boat and called their
Partners
James and John whose boat was also filled.
You can have
success without Jesus, but you are doing it the hard way.
Jesus can
bring success to you.
Jesus prepared
Peter and His partners to accept the ministry.
Sometimes we
need a miracle to get us to trust the Lord.
THE
BEGINNING OF YOUR SUCCESS
Luke 5:8-10
8 When Simon
Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus' knees and said, "Go away from me, Lord;
I am a sinful man!" 9 For he and all his companions were astonished at the
catch of fish they had taken, 10 and so were James and John, the sons of
Zebedee, Simon's partners.
A. Jesus was present to Peter all the
time, but it took this miracle for him to recognize
Jesus as Lord.
1. It took the miracle for Peter to fall
down and worship the Lord
2. It took the miracle for Peter to
confess his sins
3. It took the miracle to put the fear
of the Lord in Peter.
B. I can imagine at that moment, Peter
realized that Jesus was the long-awaited Messiah.
He was reminded that No man has seen God
at any time.
John 1:18
No
one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father's side,
has made him
known.
1. I can imagine that Peter remembered
what he had been taught about God’s
Conversation to Moses,
Exodus 33:20
But," he said, "you cannot
see my face, for no one may see me and
live."
2. Simon immediately confessed his sin
and asked the Lord to move away
From him.
3. The Lord is quick to console those
who He has called to Himself.
Luke 5:10-11
Then Jesus said to Simon,
"Don't be afraid; from now on you will
catch men." 11 So they pulled their boats up on shore, left
everything, and followed him.
4. At that moment and in an instant,
Simon sins were forgiven, and he was accepted in
The body of Christ.
They made a decision to follow Jesus
God’s mission
for our lives is to be fishers of men
God gives us
jobs, occupation, careers, families, and homes to aid our success in fishing men
And women
You become a
disciple when leave what you got and follow Jesus
You become a
disciple when the value of what you got is worthless
Compared to
a relationship with Jesus.
Simon and his
fishing partners became disciples of Christ.
Jesus became the captain of
Their ship.
WHO IS
THE CAPTIAN OF YOUR SHIP?
Is Jesus the
captain of your Relationship?
Is Jesus the
captain of your Fellowship?
Is Jesus the
captain of your Friendship?
Is Jesus the
captain of your Stewardship?
Is Jesus the
captain or your Leadership?
Is Jesus the
captain of your hardships?
Is Jesus the
captain of your Partnership?
Is Jesus the
captain of your discipleship?
Success
In life is anchored in Jesus.
OUR
OBEDIENCE TO JESUS INFLUENCE THE LIVES OF OTHERS
Luke 5:6-7,
It was Andrew, John, and James who benefited from the catch of
The fish
More
importantly, all three of the fishing partners became disciples of Jesus
FISHING A
SUCCESSFUL LIVING
To save
souls, God makes use of everything we have experienced.
God’s grace and mercy is sufficient for the
ministry of the gospel and successful living
God is
glorified with our works.
Ephesians 2:10
For we are God's workmanship, created
in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in
advance for us to do.
YOU HAVE
BEEN DESTINED FOR SUCCESS
Rev. M.
Mitchell
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