Matt 4:18-25
18 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. 19 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” 20 At once they left their nets and followed him. 21 Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them, 22 and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him. 23 Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. 24 News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed; and he healed them. 25 Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.
As soon as they dropped their nets and followed him, they became healers alongside him. That’s the gift and blessing of becoming and being a follower of Christ – healing power that comes from Him and His grace, drawing others to Him in your witness. Being a channel of His love, light, grace, and peace in your own unique way as God designed you.
What is your net? What net are you tangled up in that needs to be dropped? So that you can be a follower of Christ and be a channel for His love, light, grace, and peace to enter the world through you in a unique way?
What is your net? In what, if anything, are you tangled? What needs to be dropped? Ask Him.
Prayer: Lord God, please help me to drop my net today. Show me what it is and give me willingness to drop it so that I can bear witness to you and follow you in whatever unique way you have called me to.
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