Matthew 4:19-20
“Come, follow, me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” At once they left their nets and followed him.
When Jesus was calling his first disciples(Peter and Andrew) he gave them a command. Not proposition, not a suggestion, a command. He told Peter and Andrew to follow Him. They were asked to give up everything they knew, everything they worked for, everything that was comfortable to follow Jesus.
We are given that same command. As followers of Christ, we are commanded to follow Him. We are called to leave everything of this world to follow Jesus. But, with this command Jesus also gives us a promise. He tells us if we follow Him, than He will make us Fishers of Men.
As believers, don’t we often try and come up with some type of discipleship formula to reach non-believers. We feel that we have to make everything perfect for every type of person in order to get people to come to church. Well God is simply telling us, “If you follow Me, I will make you fishers of men.” There is no complicated formula. All we have to do is simply follow Jesus with everything that we are, and by following Him, people will follow with us. People will notice, people will see something different. They will see something they are longing for; the love of Jesus.
There is no formula, there is no perfect combination of things we can do to bring people to church. Jesus brings people to the church. If we truly follow Him, the way the Bible describes than people will begin to follow with us. We don’t have the power to change people’s hearts. Only the Holy Spirit can change a heart, but we do have the power and command to follow Jesus. We are called; we are commanded to be Fishers of Men.
Verse Refrences: Matthew 4:19-20, Mark 1:16-18, and Luke 5:1-11
Amen! Love is contagious. If we show love in everything we do, it’ll spread and God will touch hearts through our actions!
And you got to remember, the disciples weren’t much better than us. They doubted after witnessing miracles with their own eyes. If the disciples of the Bible can take on Jesus’ commandment, we as disciples can do the same, even though we struggle.