3.22.24 Fishing

This is pastor tim from Hazard First Baptist with Today’s Good News.

Fishermen have a reputation for stretching the truth. I had a guy tell me once that he caught a fish so big that the picture weighed 15 pounds!

There was a sign in a barbershop I used to visit that said: The only time a fisherman is telling the truth is when he calls another fisherman a liar.

Bubba and Billy Bob were bragging one day about their fishing exploits. Bubba said, “You wouldn’t believe it! I hooked a bass the other day that was so big it pulled the boat around the lake before I could land it. When I finally caught it, it was over four feet long!”

Billy Bob said, “That’s nothing, I was bottom fishing the other night and I hooked something heavy, and when I pulled it in, it was a Coleman Lantern somebody had dropped overboard, and believe it or not, that lantern was still burning!” Bubba said, “Tell you what, I’ll take three feet off my bass if you’ll blow out that lantern.” Billy Bob said, “Deal!”

If you’re going fishing, you won’t catch fish unless you leave your house. I heard about a lady who went to see a psychiatrist and said, “Doctor, my husband fishes everyday in our bathtub!” The psychiatrist said, “Well, just tell him to stop.” She replied, “I’d like to, but we really need the fish!” You can’t catch fish in a bathtub or a swimming pool. You have to go to where the fish are.

Jesus has called His followers to be fishers of men. But how do we do that? How do we fish for men? Well- It’s pretty rare for a stranger without Christ to wander into a church service on their own. That’s why the Great Commission of Jesus begins with the word, “GO.” You can’t spell “God” without “go;” you can’t spell “good news” without “go.” You can’t spell “golf” without “go” (but that’s for next week.)

Jesus said to “go out into the highways and hedges and compel them to come in so that my house may be full.”

And why should we do that? Because people need to hear the story of a Savior that was willing to die in their place, so that they might have eternal life.

This has been pastor tim with Today’s Good News.