The Beginning

The quote for the tagline is from the book of Matthew, chapter 4, verses 19 and 20. Jesus had just spent 40 days fasting and resisting all of the temptations that the devil could throw at him, and he overcame. He has just begun his ministry, preaching the Kingdom of God, and he finds himself walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee. There he sees two brothers, Peter and Andrew, fishing from their boat. He calls to them, and they become the first of the twelve disciples.

What happens at this historic moment is twofold: Jesus calls them, and they respond. They had a choice – they could have said to themselves, “This Jesus guy is famous, he could be special, but we don’t need to get involved, it’s too dangerous.” But that’s not how they responded. They answered Jesus’ call, and the rest is history.

Jesus is still calling, and we have a choice. We can sit idly by and watch the world go ’round the sun, affecting nothing, or we can answer the call and become ἁλιεύς ἄνθρωπος - halieus anthrōpos – fishers of men.

~ by kdalise on April 28, 2008.