As I woke up the other morning from a dream I was really being challenged. The question that kept running through my head was how come whenever we go fishing, and don't get a "profitable" catch we get angry with ourselves? Now if any of you really know me, if I go fishing and the fish aren't biting like boiling oil I get bored super fast.
As I really started to think about the question though my thought process changed from, how many fish I caught, to where I was. What happened to sitting out side in the beauty that God created for us? Smelling the fresh air, watching the birds make their nests, and having the sun radiant down upon your skin. What happened to just "being"?
And once again my thought process shifted to another gear. What was God calling us to when he said "Come follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."? How many times have you heard that said, and just brushed it off like it was another everyday word? People this is what God has called us to, to go be fishers of men, even when the fish aren't biting. We need to trust that he will bring in the harvest when the harvest is ready. Friends, don't get discouraged when it seems like your not reaping a "profitable" amount, because for one the "profit" isn't for you, and two your just called to be the hands and feet, to love the poor and broken hearted, to care for the weak and needed, and to GO WHERE EVER GOD SENDS YOU!
"We can give everything up, but if we do it because we HAVE to, and not because we love the Lord and WANT to grow closer to him and His love, it will mean nothing to Him."
