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By Ellen Lynam
02/07/07
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Let’s Catch Some Fish

Andrew looked out over the shimmering Gennesaret lake as he helped his brother, Simon, get the nets ready for another day of fishing. He never tired of looking at the beautiful blue lake. He looked toward his boat that had served him well for many years. It sat by the shoreline looking as though it were patiently waiting to be on its way once again.

A little further down the beach Andrew’s partners, James and John, the sons of Zebedee, were in their boat repairing their nets for the catch they hoped to get.

“Come on Simon,” urged Andrew. “Let’s hurry and get these nets into the sea. I sure hope the fishing is better today than it has been. I don’t know what we’ll do if it doesn’t improve. I heard some of the other guys say they weren’t doing so great either. Maybe we ought to get out of the fishing business and do something else for a living.”

“Oh don’t be so quick to give up Andrew. You know how fishing is. One day may be good and the next day terrible, but in the end we always seem to make out okay.”

“Hey, who is that coming down the beach?” said Simon. “Do we know him? He seems familiar but I’m not sure.”

Andrew thought for a minute and said, “I think I know who he is. Isn’t that Jesus? You know, the teacher we followed for awhile. I wonder what he’s doing here. Remember the time we followed him home? I’ve heard that great crowds of people follow him to hear what he has to say. I’ll never forget the time we spent with him. Boy is he some teacher! Look he’s heading straight for us. Remember when he told us to follow him? It was like I had no choice. My feet just seemed to move of their own accord.

Andrew and Simon watched as Jesus came to their boat and got in as though he owned it. “Go out a little from the shore,” Jesus said to them.

Simon and Andrew looked at one another as though trying to figure out what was going on. They really should get going. They didn’t have any time to waste but did as Jesus told them. When they were out a little ways, Jesus sat down and began teaching the crowd of people that had gathered on the shore. Simon and Andrew had been so busy they hadn’t noticed the people that were standing around looking out toward Jesus.

When Jesus had finished speaking to the people he told Andrew to go out into the deeper water and put his nets down.

“Teacher, we worked all night and didn’t catch even one little fish. We know we aren’t going to catch anything. Simon looked at Andrew and said, “Oh well, what do we have to lose? Let’s put our nets into the sea and see what happens.

“Wow!" said Simon to Andrew. “The net is already filled with fish. Oh no, it’s breaking. James, John, get over here quick. We need your help!”

“Can you believe it?” said Andrew. “We have enough fish to fill both of our boats. Watch out! The boat is starting to sink. There are too many fish. I can’t believe this. I’ve never seen anything like it. I’ll bet this is the most fish we’ve ever caught.”

Jesus said to them. “This is nothing. From now on, you’re going fishing for men instead of fish. Come follow me and I will make you fishers of men.”

When they got their boat to land Simon looked at Andrew and said, “You wanted to stop fishing and do something else, but I bet you didn’t think it would be this. Come on, let’s go! They left EVERYTHING and followed Jesus.

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