Gone Fishin'

I don't know much about fishing. I've only been fishing maybe once or twice in my life, when I was young, with my Dad and twin sister. It's not that I don't like fishing, its more that the opportunity and the desire never coincided since then! However, for some reason, while I was reading the boys Children's Bible to them one night,  the part where Jesus says that He will make Peter and Andrew "fishers of men", caught my eye. More specifically, the part where Jesus tells them to throw out their nets even though they have caught NOTHING ALL NIGHT. Now, I don't know about you, but if I had been casting nets all night and had caught nothing but rocks and seaweed, not only would I just want to cry, I'd certainly not be anxious to try one last time, no matter who asked me to.
But under His request, they do what they had done all night. And lo and behold, a catch for the record books. A catch like none of them had ever seen in their lives.
When we are obedient to our Lord, He can do amazing things!
And sometimes, most times, if we are honest,  when this happens, it humbles us. Peter asked Jesus to "depart from him" after the huge catch of fish was hauled into the sinking boats. He fell to his knees, acknowledging that he was a "sinful man" . He was staggered in the presence of a God who makes the impossible, possible. He was overwhelmed by his own unworthiness. I've felt that way so very many times myself.
And yet, He allows us to become "fishermen" for Him. God gives us the precious message of reconciliation, and asks us to cast out our nets with it. He lets us, weak and fallible as we are, be the ones to take His message to a lost and hurting world. Are we being faithful to do that? Are we drawing others in with His love and forgiveness? May we submit to His guidance, let us cast out our nets, and trust Him for the "catch".