3月14日

標　　題： 要經歷真理

經　　節： 講完了，對西門說：「把船開到水深之處，下網打魚。」（路加福音五章4節）

當神要教導你關於祂自己的真理時，祂會讓你在生活中體驗這個真理。當群眾聚集的時候，耶穌登上彼得的船，由那兒講道。彼得坐在船上，一整天聽耶穌教導群眾。耶穌退出講道之後，讓彼得親身經歷祂剛剛對群眾的教導。群眾剛剛聽到真理，而彼得是體驗真理。

耶穌把祂的教導變成漁夫所能理解的語言。祂叫彼得撒網到水深之處。彼得回答說：「夫子，我們整夜勞力，並沒有打著甚麼。」彼得已經捕了一整夜的魚，早晨的時候也洗好並補好網，又聽了耶穌一整天的講道。他很累，心裡可能沒有半點期盼會戲劇化地經歷神的作為。然而，彼得順服耶穌，他下了網，於是圈住一網奇跡，捕獲的魚多得讓魚網險些裂開！彼得大吃一驚，認出自己才剛經歷到神的大能（路加福音五：4∼11）。

彼得發現只要耶穌開口發令，他可以做任何事。因此，耶穌可以改變彼得人生目標的優先順序，由捕魚的漁夫變成得人漁夫（路加福音五：10）。彼得的順服使他更深地認識耶穌。與耶穌更親密、更強有力的同行，是祂的邀請。

神不要你僅在知識上瞭解真理，祂要你去體驗祂的真理。有些關於耶穌的事，非要你順服才能學到。你的順服會讓你看到更大的啟示，及更多服事的機會。

Truth Is to Be Experienced

When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, "Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch." (Luke 5:4)

When Christ teaches you something about Himself, He implements it into your life through experience. As the crowds gathered around, Jesus chose to board Peter’s boat and teach the people from there. All day long Peter sat in the boat listening to Jesus teach the multitudes. At the close of His discourse, Jesus allowed Peter to experience the reality of what He had just been teaching the crowd. The crowd had heard the truth, but Peter was to experience it.

Jesus put His teaching into language a fisherman could understand. He told Peter to put out his nets into the deep water. Peter hesitated, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing.” Peter had been fishing all night, had washed and repaired his nets in the morning, and then listened to Jesus teach. He was tired. He probably was not expecting a dramatic encounter with God at a time like that. Yet, as Peter obeyed Jesus, he pulled in such a miraculous catch of fish that his boat almost sank! Peter was filled with amazement and recognized that he had just experienced the power of God (Luke 5:4–11).

Peter learned that with a command from Jesus, he could do anything. Thus, Jesus was able to reorder Peter’s priorities from catching fish to catching men (Luke 4:10). Peter’s obedience led to a dramatic new insight into the person of Jesus. This was an invitation to walk with Jesus in an even more intimate and powerful way.

God does not want you to merely gain intellectual knowledge of truth. He wants you to experience His truth. There are things about Jesus you will learn only as you obey Him. Your obedience will then lead to greater revelation and opportunities for service.