Go Fishing

Now as Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

And He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.

Matthew 4:18-20

If Jesus was recruiting disciples today, He would not be looking at Harvard or Yale or Princeton.  He would be looking at community colleges and trade schools and McDonalds because He was not looking for people who knew it all, or thought they knew it all, He was looking for people who were interested in learning from Him.  

This is not to say that Jesus did not call people who thought they knew it all.  He called Peter, who, if nothing else, overly enthusiastic to a point where He did not always exercise the best judgement and He called the Apostle Paul, an intellectual, who thought he knew everything there was to know about God and that Christians were the enemy of the faith.  In both these cases, the call of Jesus radically changed their views of themselves – both became more humble and both became great leaders in the church. 

But, for the most part, Jesus called humble people – fishermen and the like.  They heard the Word of God.  They believed the Word of God and they boldly and bravely took the Gospel to the world. 

It does not matter if we are or are not the “brightest and best” because God is more interested in the heart than the intellect.  Don’t short change yourself.  God has a plan for you and that plan is for you to take the Gospel to the world – one person at a time. 

Go fishing.