"Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men." At once they left their nets and followed him. Mark 1:17-18
This has to be one of the most amazing statements of faith in the Bible. A stranger approaches a group of fishermen with a challenge to follow Him, upon hearing the invitation, they leave their nets and follow him.
I wonder what happened to the nets?
Did their partners pick them up, did other fisherman take them as their own, after all we all know the rule, "finders keepers, losers weepers" Scripture does not say what happen to their nets, all it says is they left the nets. I wonder if the nets did not become a perfect marker of what it meant to be a Christ follower. I mean is it possible when people walked past the nets they thought about Simon and Andrew and the man who offered the invitation Follow Me! I wonder if people saw the nets and said, "Yeah they will be back it will never last or what kind of fisherman leaves a net"?
When I think about my nets, I wonder what people would say if they saw me leave my nets today. I would hope I have a permanent marker in my life that says, "On this day I left my net and followed Him." What would people say if they saw my nets? Can the same be said for you? Is there a point in your life where people know you left your nets? What would people say about you if they saw your nets? Remember following Jesus always means you are going to have to leave something behind.
So I ask you, have you seen my nets?
This has to be one of the most amazing statements of faith in the Bible. A stranger approaches a group of fishermen with a challenge to follow Him, upon hearing the invitation, they leave their nets and follow him.
I wonder what happened to the nets?
Did their partners pick them up, did other fisherman take them as their own, after all we all know the rule, "finders keepers, losers weepers" Scripture does not say what happen to their nets, all it says is they left the nets. I wonder if the nets did not become a perfect marker of what it meant to be a Christ follower. I mean is it possible when people walked past the nets they thought about Simon and Andrew and the man who offered the invitation Follow Me! I wonder if people saw the nets and said, "Yeah they will be back it will never last or what kind of fisherman leaves a net"?
When I think about my nets, I wonder what people would say if they saw me leave my nets today. I would hope I have a permanent marker in my life that says, "On this day I left my net and followed Him." What would people say if they saw my nets? Can the same be said for you? Is there a point in your life where people know you left your nets? What would people say about you if they saw your nets? Remember following Jesus always means you are going to have to leave something behind.
So I ask you, have you seen my nets?
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