28 Days: Day 23

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SCRIPTURE

• Luke 5:10-11 (NIV) ¹⁰ and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon's partners. Then Jesus said to Simon, "Don't be afraid; from now on you will catch men." ¹¹  So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.

OBSERVATION

When Jesus calls He inducts us into the union of fishermen.  Now, some people might say, “Well, I don’t even know where to start.  What do I do?  How do I go fishing?”  The beauty of this is that even if you don’t know about fishing Jesus will equip you to be a great fisherman. 

UNDERSTANDING

There are two pointers we can glean from our reading today that can help us be great fishermen – here is all you need to know to be a great fisherman. 

First, go into the fishing trade with the decision to have unquestioning obedience to God.  Peter followed the advice given and threw the net on the other side, even though there was no sensible reason to do so, but the catch was great because of his obedience to the Master Fisherman. 

The second thing is that we need to fish with absolute abandonment.  Peter became a “fisher of men” because he abandoned everything and followed Jesus.   

LIFE APPLICATION

A disciple goes fishing.  A disciple makes disciples.  A disciple leaves everything to be like Him, follow Him, and do what He’s been doing.  Take some time today to commit to following Jesus with absolute abandonment and unquestioning obedience.