I had a dream this morning that i was getting into a cruise.Pamela, my daughter and I we were staying at the commander's cabin, at the very top of the boat...... We were heading into deep waters, the commander was talking to me about fishes and all of a sudden the boat was full of people.The funny thing was that all those people in the boat weren't Christians, they were worldly people from different religions, drunks and homosexuals. As we approached the shore, Pamela and I stood with the commander and all the people in the boat started to leave the boat. Than the dream ended. In the morning I was walking and God spoke to me in:
Luke 5
1-One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret,[a]with the people crowding around him and listening to the word of God, 2-He saw at the water's edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. 3He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.
4-When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch."
5-Simon answered, "Master, we've worked hard all night and haven't caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets."
6-When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. 7So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.
This verse catch my attention "Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch."
Simon answered, "Master, we've worked hard all night and haven't caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets."
Peter was an experienced fishermen.we christian some times are very used to our job "fishers of men" we think we know how to catch fish, after all that is what we do, the problem is we don't wanna leave our comfort zone and and take risk, we are use to do the somethings over and over again. We prefer to stay at shore and preach to the same crowd, where all the boats have put down their anchor...I think Jesus is calling us to fish in deeper waters, where the water may be violent, but the catch is guaranteed "IN THE WORLD" where the lost are and those who are in desperate need of Jesus Christ. Today i invited 4 people to join us at Journey Church to the good Friday celebration all of them (who I invited) are Christian's and go to church ..its good to have them ...but they're just fish from another boat. Most of the churches have been trying hard and getting nothing..when they get the fish, is because they just escape from another loose net. We, like the disciples have been fishing for so long and we wonder why our nets are empty. So maybe Jesus is telling us or better yet, myself to change the way we fish...After all He isn't just a carpenter, He is the carpenter, the builder of the church and the captain of the boat. Are we willing to listen to his advice and wisdom? Like Peter said, "Master, we have been working all night long but have caught nothing. Yet if you say so, I will let down my nets.
And we all know what happened after that, they caught many fish, that the nets couldn't hold. Here is my interpretation of my dream; the big boat is the church that's is comfortable fishing in shallow waters, where the fish is saved like me. The commander taking the boat to deep waters is Jesus taking the church to where the fish is, where there is a promising catch...the Question is are we willing to join in this journey with Jesus on his big boat.???
Thursday, April 1, 2010
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