OUR DAILY BREAD : GOD WHISPERS "FISH"

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November 26
Wednesday


GOD WHISPERS
"FISH"

READ:
Luke 5:1-10
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From now on you
will catch men.
__Luke 5:10
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A number of years ago our sons and I enjoyed some days together drifting and fishing the Madison River in Montana with two fishing guides who also served as our boatmen.

Th guide I drew was a man who had lived on the river all his life and knew where the big trout held. He was a quiet man who spoke scarcely two dozen words in all the time he was with us, but his few words enlivened my days.

We were fishing with small flies in choppy water. My eyesight was not what it once was, and I was missing most of the takes. My guide__who was also a soul of patience__began to alert me by murmuring "fish" when he saw a trout rising under the fly. When I heard his cue, I lifted the tip of my rod and...voila! A trout on the end of my line!

I've often thought of that guide and Jesus' declaration to His fishermen__disciples, "From now on you will catch men" (Luke 5:10). There are great opportunities that come our way every day_people circling around us, searching for that elusive "something" for which their souls crave__occasions to show the love of Christ and speak of the hope that is ins us. These are opportunities we might miss if not alerted.

May the Great Angler, who knows every heart, whisper "fish" in our ears and may we have ears to hear. __David Roper

````````````````All through this day, O Lord, let me touch as```````````````````
`````````````many lives as possible for You__through the words`````````````````
````````````I speak, the prayers I breathe, the letters I write,``````````````````
````````````````````````````and the life I live.````````````````````````````
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When the Spirit prompts, take action.

**************************Today's Bible Reading __ Luke 5:1-10****************************

1 So it was, as the
mulitutde pressed about Him
to hear the word of God,
that he stood by the Lake of
Gennesaret, 2 and saw two
boats standing by the lake;
but the fishermen had gone
from them and were
washing their nets. 3 Then
He got into one of the boats,
which was Simon's, and
asked him to put out a little
from the land. And He sat
down and taught the
multitudes from the boat.

4 When He had stopped
speaking, He said to
Simon, "Launch out into
the deep and let down your
nets for a catch."

5 But Simon answered and
said to Him, "Master, we
have toiled all night and
caught nothing; nevertheless
at Your word I will let down
the net."

6 And when they had done
this, they caught a great
number of fish, and their net
was breaking. 7 So they
signaled to their partners in
the other boat to come and
help them. And they came
and filled both the boats, so
that they began to sink.

8 When Simon Peter saw
it, he fell down at Jesus'
knees, saying. "Depart from
me, for I am a sinful man,
O Lord!" 9 For he and all
who were with him were
astonished at the catch of
fish which they had taken;

10 and so also were James
and John, the sons of
Zebedee, who were partners
with Simon. And Jesus said
to simon. "Do not be
afraid. From now on you
will catch men."

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Luke 5:1-10, where Jesus called Simon Peter to be a disciple, was
probably the third time the two had met. The first time was in John
1:40-42, where Andrew, himself a new follower of Christ, brought
Simon to Jesus. The second seems to be in Mark 1:29-31, when Jesus
healed simon's mother-in-law.