Religion & Spirituality
As we leave Luke 4, Jesus had gone away to a solitary place, the crowds found him and tried to keep him there with them, but he says, “I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent.” So we find him obediently teaching and preaching to the crowds, as he was sent to do. Meanwhile, in the area where Jesus was teaching, there were men going about their everyday ordinary lives. They weren’t there to listen to Jesus, they were there after a day of fishing cleaning out their nets. Nothing flashy or special, just another day. Then Jesus walks into the boat, and into their lives, and requests Simon to push the boat from shore. Simon did as he asked and Jesus continued to teach.