You know how it feels at the end of a long workday in which nothing went right. You know how it is when sales are down - parts are coming out scrap - your co-workers are failing you - your boss is in your hair. And now what if someone comes along and says, "You just need to do it this way."

That's what Jesus did.

Peter gives him the benefit of the doubt. After all, he did hear Jesus preach in the Capernaum synagogue. And Jesus did heal his mother-in-law of a fever, and a bunch of other people of other things. But this... this isn't about religion. It isn't about illness. It's about WORK. This is Peter's PROFESSION. This is stuff that he KNOWS. He's been a fisherman all his life, and his father before him. He knows this lake. He knows what works. And now this carpenter...

But Peter gives Jesus the benefit of the doubt and does the illogical thing of fishing "left handed" - throwing the net out on the other side for once.

Peter caught hundreds of fish. Jesus caught 4. He caught Peter, Andrew, James, and John. Which catch was more important?

You might be like Peter. It's OK for Jesus (or the pastor, speaking for Jesus) to tell you what to believe, or what to do with your religious life. But we resist letting the church interfere in our work. What does the pastor know about my business?

But the truth is, Jesus wants to change *every single thing* we do. Our work, our play, our family time, our rest, our entertainment - all of it is really for one purpose, to change the lives of people for eternity.

Lately a lot of people are wondering why God would allow their business to decline so badly. Why would God let me get to the point where I may lose the family business - or I may have to let people go? There are many answers to that - but the most important one is that the product Jesus is interested in is not how many fish, how many monthly sales, how many car parts, or how many procedures we can do. It is how he can use our work to change the people with whom we work.

In North America there are 54,000 factory workers at Ford. In 200 factories (worldwide), Ford produces 8,000 to 10,000 cars a day. Those cars may last 5 or 10 or even 20 years.

Those 54,000 people will last forever and ever and ever and ever. Either they will live with God forever - or they will live forever separated from their Father who loves them. Your work at Ford (or Chrysler, or Kroger, or Applebees) is about them.