Posted on 10/11/2009 5:01:31 AM PDT by Patriot1259
One of my favorite scenes in the Gospel story comes early when Jesus calls the disciples. To understand the calling, you need to understand their world. The disciples were fishermen, which meant that they had tried other routes and no one had picked them. They could not be rabbis, scholars, lawyers, or even a follower of a rabbi. They had not gotten picked, they were overlooked, and so they went fishing. It was not a powerful or popular job; it was a job for misfits and those who the world did not pick. It’s the job for those picked last for dodge ball.
They are out fishing when Jesus calls them. I imagine that it would have been quite a scene. This rough, tired fishermen being stopped by a rabbi, a rabbi would never stop to talk to fishermen. He stops and then he does the unexplainable, he tells them to follow him. He calls them to be his followers, it’s another twist on the story because you asked to be a follower of a certain rabbi, never did a rabbi ask you to follow him. But Rabbi Jesus calls them to follow him.
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Sort of like the hamburger-flippers of the Roman Era, huh?
Regards,
I was always picked last for kick ball. I was the most disliked person in my class.
I guess that explains why I am where I am.
“I guess that explains why I am where I am.”
Your courage and strength are quite impressive indeed. I saw your profile page and wish I could do what you are doing. Thank you for doing God’s work.
God bless you and your family, Jemian, may he be with you in your work and keep you and all your family safe.
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