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?
To the one we are an aroma that brings death; to the other, an aroma that brings life. 2Corinthians 2:16 Last break! The shift was almost over. Then the unthinkable happened, this man appeared out of nowhere wanting to know where the flashlights were kept. As we were on our way to the flashlights, I noticed that this man had a very strong odor. I thought perhaps I could get in front of him so that the smell would not be as strong. That, however, was not to be either since; he insisted on keeping pace and walking right beside me. By the time we got to where the flashlights were; I was practically running just to keep ahead of him. I showed him the flashlights and made a hasty exit. If you’re like me, you shower and even put on perfume or cologne so that you will not stink. We are concerned that the smell coming from our body is not offensive to others. As I write this, I wonder if we are as concerned with our spiritual aroma as ...
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