Here For Good

This powerful message takes us back to a transformative encounter on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, where Simon Peter’s life was forever changed. Through the lens of Luke 5, we witness the profound truth that in Christ, we discover three essential realities: who we truly are, our divine purpose, and the grace that sustains us. When Peter met Jesus in his ordinary workday, exhausted from a fruitless night of fishing, he experienced a miracle that revealed both his sinfulness and God’s holiness. His immediate response — ‘Depart from me, for I am a sinful man’ — reflects the necessary moment of reckoning we all must face before we can truly follow Christ. Yet Jesus didn’t reject him; instead, He called him to a greater purpose: to become a fisher of people.

This narrative challenges our cultural obsession with self-discovery by asserting that we only find ourselves when we lose ourselves in Christ. The message culminates in John 21, where a restored Peter — after his devastating denial — encounters Jesus again on that same shoreline. This time, Peter doesn’t hesitate; he jumps into the water, desperate to reach his Lord. The grace that pursued him after failure is the same grace that pursues us today, calling us to get back in the game of disciple-making, reminding us that our failures don’t disqualify us from God’s purposes.