Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 5:8

"But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus` knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord." — Luke 5:8 (ASV)

Not knowing what he said, though he knew what he meant; he felt as if he, so sinful, had come too close to the Lord who was so gracious, and so he did not dare to keep near him.

Have you never felt the same way? If not, I think you have known neither your Lord nor yourselves yet, because the knowledge of Christ, combined with the knowledge of ourselves, is sure to produce this holy shrinking.

In this state, we have no need for anyone to say to us, Put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for we are almost ready to put off our very body, because we can scarcely bear the glory of the presence of the Lord.