Gone Fishin'

Did you ever come to the door of a business only to find the door locked and a sign posted that said: “Gone Fishin’”? There was a business on the Sea of Galilee that put up such a sign and of all things, the sign was placed on a deserted fishing boat with nets left untended on the shore. The Zebedee brothers and their friends Andrew and Simon had just given up fishing for fishing!
Those young men had been called to go fishing for men under the direction of their Lord and Savior, Jesus. They and generations of men and women after them have “gone fishin’” with Jesus. The conditions today are just right: the sky is fair under the fair and just eye of the Creator; the barometer says that storms might be coming and that is when men need to hear about the Lord the most; and the season is open just like the open arms of the Lord who welcomes back sinners. Go ahead, put up your “Gone fishin’” sign and lets catch us a whole mess of friends and neighbors for the Lord!