Luke 5:3–5 (ESV) — 3 Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, he
asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the
people from the boat. 4 And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon,
“Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” 5 And Simon answered, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But
at your word I will let down the nets.”
NOTE: A typical male
interaction with spiritual things: a little frustration, a sense of bothered, a
desire to tell the person "do your spiritual things but leave the real
work to real men." There is an arrogance in men that separates the spiritual
from non-spiritual in a very negative way. We categorize spiritual as
unimportant, and real visible work as important. I guess we don't see value in
spiritual things. We want production. We want to make money. We want to build
things we can see. We don't think the
spiritual impact on people is important. We are not in tune with our inner
souls. And because woman might be more relational and might be more emotional,
they see the value or at least feel the value and importance. But when God gets
a hold of a man and breaks down those barriers, it is amazing the
transformation. These hardened men (Simon called himself a sinner) would go on
to flip a whole world and die for their faith. How do we reach men? They have
to see it. They have to experience it. It isn't a matter of being taught, but
transformed. Our discipleship groups engage people at the level where they can
see Jesus make a difference. Until men can experience that, they will sit
glumly in the pews, listening but not changing. Or not even attending.
PRAYER: Father, give
us insight on how to reach more men with the impact of a relationship with
Jesus. Use our lives, two or three at a time to change our world.
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