Yes You! Series

INTRODUCTION:

There is a word from the Lord for you in the house. I'd like you to say that by faith, and say, "There is a word from the Lord for me".

Now look at somebody else and say, "There is a word". Put it in the chat.

Everybody in the room say it.

There is a word from the Lord for you! Yes, you! That's my title today.

We're going deeper. We're going to pick up on last week with our walk with Jesus.

We're going deeper. This message is called Yes, You! Look at somebody else and say, "Yes, you".

READ/ PRAY

Has God been bringing forth in your life lately some stuff you really didn't want to see?

Has God been bringing forth in your life lately some issues you didn't want to deal with?

Could it be he brings those things forth for a greater purpose.

This is what we see with Simon.

Are y'all with me so far?

There is a word from God for you…yes, you…right now.

He goes, "Simon, if you'll do what I say, you can have what I see that you can't see".

"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.'

When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. So they signaled…" (The word is nod), because their hands are full. Peter nods at John. "Hey, get over here and help me, man

By the way, some of us can only receive so much of what God wants to do because we don't have the right partners, or we don't have the right network, of people around us. The nets were breaking. Well, you need more nets. "…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".

This is the surprising part of the text, and this is where I want to pick up. "When Simon Peter…" Which one?

Both!

The one he was before he met Jesus and the one he can be as he follows Jesus.

Simon Peter. You thought that was a first name and a middle name. Nuh-uh!

Jesus is a name changer, a miracle worker. Promise keeper!

Here is The miracle of it was that God saw the Peter in Simon even before Peter did.

? God sees the patient, kind, loving, joyful, free you before you even believe you exist.

The surprising part of the text is that Simon Peter… They're both in the same boat.

It kind of represents the flesh and the Spirit to me when I think about it.

When he sees all the fish in his boat, you would think he'd be happy. "Oh, thank you, Jesus! PTL. [Praise emojis]".

But he fell at Jesus' knees and said, "Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man"!

For he and all his companions were astonished at what God saw beneath the surface and brought forth to his boat.

"[They were] astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, and so were James and John…" Nobody expected this. "…the sons of Zebedee, Simon's partners. Then Jesus said to Simon, 'Don't be afraid; from now on you will fish for people.'

That's not what you want him to say. You want him to be like, "Don't be afraid, Peter. From now on, I'm going to go fishing with you every time, and I'm going to show you every spot. You're not going to have to fish all night and catch nothing anymore. You're going to have some five-minute fishing trips. I'm going to just tell you where to put down the nets, and Boom"!

Because that's what we want God to do. Right?

"No, PastorTim. I want God to take 15 years to fix my problem. No, Pastor Tim".

I give Simon Peter credit for his self-awareness. Self-awareness is a wonderful thing. Self-awareness will save you from doing stupid things, but self-awareness, as you're about to see in this text, can only take you so far.

Simon is aware of his sinfulness, but he is not yet aware of his "Peterness".

(I'm making up a word just to make a point.)

Simon says, "Go away from me, Lord; I'm a sinful man"! He's scared. You would be too. "How did you see that at the bottom of the ocean?

We've been fishing here all night. We've been fishing our whole lives. You're a rabbi. You're a carpenter.

You know more about the water than we do, and you've worked with wood your whole life.

If you saw that beneath the surface, I wonder what you see in me".

Jesus could see what Simon needed and it was on the bottom of the sea.