Believe in Yourself

“At once they left their nets and followed Him” – Matthew 4:20

This verse struck me hard as 10 wheeler truck hitting a 2-foot brick wall.
How crazy can these two fishermen be, huh?

Imagine yourself buried and busy in a mountain pile of works and somebody not from your department passed you by and invited you to go down the office and help him in his own paper works. I bet your replies will vary from the subtle “you’re nuts" comment to the loud exclamation “scram dude, stop bugging me". “The nerve of that guy", you whispered without even looking as he continues to move away.

So what was it about Jesus that made Simon and the other disciples simply drop down whatever they are doing and, without any question asked, decided to follow Him.

I have a personal theory.

I think Simon and the rest of the disciples have been yearning all their prior years on how to make their life worthwhile. They have been thinking of how can their remaining years be significant, with a purpose higher than just tossing the nets to catch fishes. They have love inside their hearts and they wanted to share them and put them into good use.

The problem is, nobody believed in them.

And here comes Jesus with the calmness and aura of God suddenly stopping by in front of them and without any introduction or asking their qualification, invited them to become “fishers of men".

Jesus believed in them.
And they believe in themselves.

The goods news for us is…..JESUS ALSO BELIEVES IN YOU AND ME.

So when are we going to drop our nets and follow him to be fishers of man, to be salt of the earth, to be that tiny spark to light the dark?

The answer lies in our hearts.

God bless.