Fishers of Men

There are times in the life of true spirituality that Jesus Christ seems to beckon you or call you, command you to a deeper relationship with Him. In fact, I would venture to say that a lot of people here today, at the start of a new year sense this kind of a beckoning and you're trying to respond to it by reading the Bible more or by committing to some other spiritual practice.

It may help you to see this pattern – NOT only in the lives of these fishermen but even in other Bible characters (e.g. Isaiah)… When God calls you into a deeper place there is very often a pattern that starts with

1. An apparently unreasonable directive
   ) A surprising willingness
2. A two-part traumatic encounter
3. A gift of assurance and promise from God.