Evening: Psalm 19, 46; Luke 5:1-11
I
dislike some of Jesus’ metaphors … The idea of “fishing for” or
“catching people” is one of them. Being “caught” is worse still. But
Jesus did not intend for people to be entrapped. Rather, I think he
expected they would be “captivated by” or “caught up in” his ideal.
Jesus’ Good News “hooks me” by inviting me to become the very person I
was intended to be. If you’re trapped, you cannot be fully yourself.
But if you’re enthralled by Jesus, you may choose to follow him, as the
disciples did.
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