We talk a lot about following Jesus and what a relationship with him means and looks like. But what does it actually mean to meet him? What happens when a person truly encounters him as he really is?
In this text, Jesus calls and commissions the first disciples, most notable Simon Peter. As Peter realizes the reality of who Jesus is, he experiences something that is simultaneously unsettling and reorienting. As we begin to see our brokenness and need in relation to Jesus, we find that we are also being exposed and remade at the same time.