Lessons while Fishing 6

Fishing equipment: rods & reels

 Fishing can be very expensive. There are people who invest thousands of dollars in boats, motors, boat trailers, downriggers, hip waders, rods, reels, lines, lures and tackle boxes. Some spend thousands more for the privilege of flying to remote areas and paying a guide. But there are also a lot of people who with a modest investment of less than an hundred dollars enjoy sitting on a wharf or strolling along the banks of a stream and casting in a hook and worm. The excitement is found in using your knowledge and skill to catch a fish. Sherlock Holmes would say it’s the “thrill of the chase.” This can be experienced regardless of the kind of equipment used.

When you think of witnessing for Jesus you might be tempted to think that you need expensive “equipment” to do this properly. You might think that you need to take special training, enrol in an expensive public relations course, or go to Bible school. You might think that to be an evangelist you need a TV program, or an arena, or at the very least a congregation. But the truth is that any Christian can be a witness for Jesus, and any Christian can be an evangelist in his and her own right. The first disciples were “fishers of men” not because they had big budgets for an outreach program, but simply because they let they light shine and took every opportunity to speak boldly for their Lord. All of us can experience the thrill of the chase as we pursue people for Christ.

 Acts 3:6 (NIV)

Then Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.”