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Matthew 4:18-20
"18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
19 And He saith unto them, Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.
20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed Him."

We were in the book of Psalms getting faithful and encouraging words about people's Experience of God. We also encountered the question; "WHO ARE WE, that GOD should care about us?" Why has GOD done so much for us? Why has He given us such beauty and comfort in His creation? Why did He give His only Son to die for OUR sins?

GOD expects some things from us too! He has given us stewardship over His creation! We have the responsibility to take care of and improve the areas and things we are given. Also, we are to praise and glorify GOD!

With ALL of this in mind, we turn to the Gospel of Matthew, chapter four, verse eighteen, where GOD is incarnate; "And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. And He saith unto them, FOLLOW ME, and I will make you fishers of men. And they straightway left their nets, and FOLLOWED HIM."

There is SO much more going on here! These men were fishermen by default. This was a job that had to be done. Often a dirty job, that required working late at night and very early in the morning. Not a dream job by any means. They were doing a job others avoided. Jesus sought these people who others would call flunkies. They would have been the last ones picked to be on normal teams. Here the Creator of the Universe called them to be on His team and they dropped everything to follow Him! Praise and glory to the Holy Ghost at work here!!

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