And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” (Luke 5:4, ESV) The crowd surrounding Jesus pressed close in their desire to hear the Word of God. To make it easier for everyone, Jesus stepped into a nearby fishing vessel and asked Simon, the owner, to move out from the shore a little way. The listeners could hear Him better that way. As Jesus finished speaking, He told Simon (later called Peter) to move the ship farther out and to drop the nets to catch fish.…