THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE FISH-LESS FISHERMAN

They were surrounded by streams and lakes full of hungry fish.  They met regularly to discuss the call to fish, the abundance of fish, and the thrill of catching fish.  They got excited about fishing!

Someone suggested that they needed a philosophy about fishing, so they carefully defined and redefined fishing, and the purpose of fishing.  They developed fishing strategies and tactics.  Then they realized that they had been going at it backwards.  They had approached fishing from the point of view of the fisherman, and not from the point of view of the fish.  How do fish view the world?  This would be a good thing to know.  So they began research studies, and attended conferences on fishing.  Some traveled to faraway places to study different kinds of fish with different habits.  Some got doctorates in the honorable field of fishology.  Bur no one had yet gone fishing.

So a committee was formed to send out fishermen.  As prospective fishing places outnumbered the fishermen, the committee needed to determine priorities.  A priority list of fishing places was posted on bulletin boards in all of the fellowship halls.  But still, no one was fishing.  A survey was launched to find out why.

Most did not answer the survey, but from those who did, it was discovered that some felt called to study the behavior of fish, a few to furnish equipment, and several to go around encouraging the fishermen.  What with meetings, conferences, and seminars, they just simply didn’t have time to fish.

Now, Jake was a newcomer to the Fishermen’s Fellowship.  After one stirring meeting of the Fellowship, he went fishing and caught a large fish.  At the next meeting, he told his story and was honored for his catch.  He was told that he had a special “gift of fishing.”  He was then scheduled to speak at all the Fellowship chapters and tell how he did it.

With all the speaking invitations and his election to the Board of Directors of the Fishermen’s Fellowship, Jake no longer had time to go fishing.  But soon he began to feel restless and empty.  He longed to feel the tug on the line once again.  So he cut the speaking, resigned from the board, and he said to a friend, “Let’s go fishing!”

They did, just the two of them, and they caught an abundance of fish.

The members of the Fishermen’s Fellowship were many, the fish were plentiful, but the fishers were few.

And Jesus said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.”  And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed Him.  Matthew 1:17-18

PRAYER CHAIN

Pray for the United States of America, our president, those we have elected to be our voice, and the men and women who have put their lives on the line that we may have safety.  Pray for our soldiers to be honorable, alert and on guard.  Pray GOD will preserve their spirit.  Thank Him for the angels He has charged to watch over their going out and their coming in.  Pray that the people whose lives have been touched by great loss will be comforted by our Holy Father, Who by His Spirit will heal and enable them to console and be a comfort to others, (2 Cor. 1:3-4).  Let us never cease praying for one another

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