The Lord Jesus comes to Peter while he is engaged in his ordinary work of fishing, uses Peter’s boat for His preaching, and speaks of the work of fishing to illustrate and prepare Peter for His higher service. So God speaks to us in our ordinary tasks of life, uses our ordinary duties to lead us to a higher plane of service. What a dignity this places on every day life! Many Christians are under the impression that they would find it much easier to be a committed Christian under exceptional circumstances, and perhaps that is true. But to glorify God in daily life by faithfulness and obedience, that is the real test of loyalty for the believer.

Kenneth Frederick, The Making of a Disciple, p. 36