Follow me and I will make you fishers of men. Those were the words Jesus spoke to Peter and
Andrew, and James and John. These men
were fishermen. It’s what they did. I imagine that it might be all they
knew. Imagine the surprise of these men
when Jesus called them to follow him.
There was no hesitation. We read
that they immediately left their nets and followed him. They left their nets and everything to
follow the teacher from Galilee. As I
was thinking about this, one thought jumped out at me. Jesus said, “I will make you Fishers of
men.” It like he was saying to these
burly fishermen, “look, I know that you are fishermen, and I’m not interested
in changing that. I know your passion is
fishing. I just want to broaden your
horizon. Right now you are catching fish
in the Jordan River, but I want you to think bigger. I want you to fish for men instead of carp,
trout or whatever fish they were in the habit of catching.” When we come to Jesus, He wants to broaden
our horizon. He wants to take our
passions whether it is writing, cooking, photography or farming and give us a
greater vision of how we can serve him using those passions that he put within
us. What are you passionate about? How can you put it to work for God?
Thank you God for how you lead us. Like a shepherd leading his sheep. Sometimes through the words you spoke in the Bible, your written word. at other times, it was the wise words from friends, coworkers,or neighbors spoken at just the right time. Still other times it was a gentle tug, a whisper to our heart to move in one direction or another; intuition or a sixth sense that one way or another was right or wrong Yet, when I listened and obeyed I found the way was clear, distinct and easy to follow. You never leave us to guess which way to go. ...
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