As we know what the Kingdom of God is, how it works and that that it has the ability to be visible through us, what is it that we are supposed to do? Is just being in the Kingdom of God enough?
I think that if we see the Kingdom of God and are part of it, then it is pretty hard to keep this discovery to ourselves. We can’t go around like pious angels and say we are worthy because God has revealed himself to us. We can’t be satisfied that God is here and we all are happy. Frankly, I do not think God would be satisfied with that either. In fact, biblically, Jesus says so—a zillion times. Today, Jesus tells us to go be fishers of people. We think of the happy pictures of a great catch and we think that it is all fun and joy. We may even think if we don’t catch a fish that we are not cut out to be a fisher of people. But what is fishing like really and what do you think Jesus said and the disciples understood about fishing for people? Today we may find out a little more and we hope it makes us be better fishers ourselves.
Pastor Gerry
The Gospel Reading: : MATTHEW 4:18-25
As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the lake—for they were fishermen. And he said to them, ‘Follow me, and I will make you fish for people.’ Immediately they left their nets and followed him. As he went from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed him.
Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness among the people. So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought to him all the sick, those who were afflicted with various diseases and pains, demoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics, and he cured them. And great crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.