Fishing

" Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.” Matthew 7:21

I like fishing.

I haven’t been fishing yet this spring. Actually, I didn’t go fishing last year at all.

But I like fishing.

Something is obviously wrong. Not just with the fact that I don’t get to go fishing. But there is a difference between my claim to like fishing, and the fact that I don’t go fishing.

The discrepancy could come from many places. Maybe I am too busy. Maybe I am too lazy. Maybe I live too far from a convenient fishing place. Maybe I don’t have the right gear. Maybe I don’t like fishing alone, and can’t find someone to go with me. Maybe I am secretly afraid of fish.

But whatever the reason, something doesn’t match up. I ought to do something about it.

A lot of people claim to like Jesus.

But they don’t listen to what He says. They don’t yearn to worship Him publicly. They don’t proclaim His kingdom.

And something is obviously wrong. There is a difference between a claim to like Jesus, and the fact that some don’t really have anything to do with Him, accept where convenient.

The discrepancy could come from many places. Maybe you are too buy. Maybe you are too lazy. Maybe you live too far from church. Maybe you don’t own a Bible. Maybe you don’t like other people, and you can’t find a way to serve Him completely alone (which IS impossible.) Maybe you secretly are afraid of what being a real Christian would do to your life.

But whatever the reason, something doesn’t match up. And you ought to do something about it.

The best news is that HE will do something about it. He will give you what you need to follow Him. He will change you. He will strengthen you. He will weaken you. He will do whatever it takes.

Just surrender to Him.

It’s better than fishing.