Today I went fishing and the Lord brought this to my attention, so I thought I'd share: In calling His disciples to follow Him, Jesus said, "Follow me and I will make you fishers of men." I've always understood that the disciples were initially fishermen, but today I see it a little more clearly. When you fish, you must have patience and faith that you will catch something. You must be still and cautious as to not "scare the fish away". And some days you may catch some, some days you don't. But that doesn't make you a failure. As followers of Christ, we become fishers of men; we cast our lives for others to see, and faithfully await for someone to be drawn to the Holy Spirit that lives within us. We must proceed with care and faith to 'bring one in' for Jesus and to not scare people away. It is then, when the conditions are just right, that someone will surrender to the Lord. It is nothing we did, because all we did was say "look what I have, don't you want some???"
Matt 4:19, Mark 1:17, Psalm 46:10
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