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Jesus Comes to Where You Are · The Bible Bit Podcast

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  Welcome back. This is Kimmy Miller of Woman at the Well Ministries bringing
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  you another Bible bit for you to enjoy.
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  Jesus comes to where you are.
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  Today as we journey through the scriptures, seeking God's wisdom and truth for
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  our lives, we are going to continue our study on Luke 5, 1-11.
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  Today we are going to concentrate on the fact that Jesus comes to where we are.
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  He doesn't wait for us to call for him or for us to even realize we need him.
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  He is always beside us, Hebrews 13, 5, and makes himself known to us whenever
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  we are willing to receive his presence.
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  In this account of Peter's fruitless fishing until Jesus steps onto the scene,
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  we see that Peter has given up and is washing his nets.
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  Peter has concluded in his heart and mind that he is finished for the day.
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  But when our strength is gone, and we have come to the end of all we can do,
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  it is then we let Jesus do his work without interruption or disruption.
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  Everything was about to change for Peter and those around him.
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  And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that
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  he would thrust out a little from the land, And he sat down and taught the people out of the ship.
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  Luke 5.3 Jesus came to where Peter was.
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  Peter was fishing in the Lake Generacet.
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  He wasn't in a temple or a religious setting. Peter was at work.
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  This reminds each of us that God is everywhere and that Jesus meets people in
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  their ordinary places of life.
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  Peter was doing his normal routine, and Jesus shows up in his boat.
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  Now things are just about to get really interesting because Jesus was now inserted
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  himself into Peter's life and now Peter has a decision to make.
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  Will he receive Jesus and welcome him into his life?
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  Or will he ignore Jesus and dismiss his presence in his life?
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  My friend, we are all faced with that same decision every day.
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  God is present in our lives always. He is knocking on our heart's door,
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  asking us to acknowledge his presence and to let him be an active, vital part of our lives.
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  Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If any man hear my voice and open the
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  door, I will come into him and will sup with him and he with me.
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  Revelation 3.20 Will you answer his knock?
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  Peter acknowledged God's presence and received him fully.
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  Jesus asked Peter to shove a little off the shore so that he could use Peter's
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  boat as a platform to address the crowd that had gathered on the shore.
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  Peter immediately yielded wholeheartedly to the Lord and gave Jesus what he had to give, his boat.
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  Peter gave all he had so that Jesus could use his boat as an instrument to reach
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  the others with Christ's life-saving message.
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  What do you have that God wants to use for the building of his kingdom?
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  Are you fully submitted to the authority and will of God for your life,
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  or are you holding something back from God?
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  Are there things in your life that God can't use because they are not of him?
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  I think it is worth noting that Peter's boat was an ordinary part of Peter's life.
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  It was also something that Peter had used to make a living. This ordinary boat
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  became an instrument in Christ's service.
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  God doesn't just use ordinary people to do extraordinary things for his kingdom.
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  He also uses the normal things of our lives, the ordinary acts of our lives,
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  and our day-to-day activities to be a light for this dark world.
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  God uses everything we will surrender to him for our good and his glory.
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  My friend, if we yield ourselves to God, He will equip and anoint us,
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  ordinary people doing normal things, to do extraordinary things.
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  You must humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God,
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  that he may exalt you in due time. 1 Peter 5, 6.
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  My friend, we must be willing to be used of God, and to give him all we have,
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  and all we are, that we may be fruitful for the kingdom of God.
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  Before Jesus filled the nets to overflowing, you can't outgive God,
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  he required Peter to yield to him and to give to him what he had for God's use and his service.
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  Before God greatly uses us, he first asks us to yield ourselves and what we possess to him.
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  The Lord can and will use our everyday work, resources, and circumstances for
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  His purposes and His glory when we make them available to Him.
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  What we place in Christ's hands can be used for His glory and our good.
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  Remember, you are loved. Jesus loves you.
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  Please join us tomorrow as we continue our study on Luke 5, 1-11.
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