Dropping our Nets

Home again. It was a wonderful weekend with great teaching, testimonies, meeting with friends and making new friends.

The theme of the conference was Beautiful Feet, those who share the gospel. One of the teaching was when Phillip left the revival in Jerusalem, and found the Ethiopian eunuch in the desert (Acts 8:27), and shared the scriptures with him and baptized him. Philip did not return to Jerusalem but went on to other places and continued sharing the gospel. It is easy to stay where others are sharing God's word, but is tremendously important to go out among the lost to bring them the Good News which is the Gospel.

Another teaching encouraged us to be ready to go when God calls us to go. We need to leave our nets, as Peter and Andrew did when Jesus called them to be His disciples. (Matthew 4:18-20) They immediately followed Jesus. Can we drop our nets, or are we entangled in them? Since Peter and Andrew were fisherman, fishing nets were an important part of their lives. They were still fisherman, but following Jesus put their work in a different perspective when Jesus was their Master. Is your job just for the money, or is it an avenue for serving God and being the light in your work area?

My next question would be, "Do we want to drop our nets? Do we want change?" Or is life so comfortable that we'd rather continue in our ways, and "let someone else share the Gospel?" God may not call you beyond your neighborhood. That is a mission field. You may be the only one that God has that can do the job.

When we give our lives to Jesus, we are then a "missionary," one who shares Jesus with others. Let's do our job. Let's drop our nets.

God bless you