Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!”
[Mark 1:17, NLT]
[Mark 1:17, NLT]
Fishermen are often enterprising people who follow their business with passion. They would constantly device methods to increase their catch, they would try various strategies and different parts of the river to improve, and they would return home and repair their fishing kit to avoid disappointment. They are skilled and dedicated to their work.
In this verse, Jesus calls His disciples to follow Him and He will make them fishers of men. By this call he invites them to let go and sacrifice vocations and objects that could form a distraction to them in their new job role. They left their father and hired servants to follow Christ. We are called to leave the factors that prevent us from being instruments of God, so we can focus on the job at hand. This call is for us to give more time to doing the will of God, it is also a call to employ the skills of fishing men to God in all we do. The word of God serves as our training manual on how we fish men and applying this daily guides us to being instruments of God.
The world is characterized as a sea of people, swimming about in no clear direction or pattern, so that there is great need to bring people out of this random living into a life of purpose and to man's duty of praising God. Children of God are made instruments of God to help others find their feet in life. In our daily living and as we live by the word of God, we are guided on how to fish for men. Our life style, our words of encouragement, our love to others, our intentional sharing of the gospel are equipments in our hand to bring men to the knowledge of Christ. As we give time and conscious effort to this call, may the Holy Spirit of God prosper our effort in Jesus name.
Prayer: Dear Lord, by grace and love you have called me and separated me from a lost world. Today I dedicate myself to your call, to be an instrument in your hand, to bring others out of this lost world to the knowledge of Christ. Teach my hands to do your work, prosper my efforts and I pray that many will accept you into their lives through me. Thank you Lord for your love towards all mankind.
Pray for someone today - Pray for investors who trust in God for guidance and protection. Investors who believe in honesty for their businesses, that God who teaches us to make wealth will prosper them abundantly in Jesus name.
God's love and mine...
