Fishers of Men: 33 Dots
I love doing the 33 dot challenge. Does anyone else want to do it with me? If so I would set up a special way to link for it. This time my dots turned into a fish. And it reminded me of “Fishers of Men”.
“Walking along the beach of Lake Galilee, Jesus saw two brothers: Simon (later called Peter) and Andrew. They were fishing, throwing their nets into the lake. It was their regular work. Jesus said to them, “Come with me. I’ll make a new kind of fisherman out of you. I’ll show you how to catch men and women instead of perch and bass.” They didn’t ask questions, but simply dropped their nets and followed” (Matthew 4:18-20, MSG).
Jesus said He would show us how to catch men and women. How?
I think He meant that through the Holy Spirit we would learn things we didn’t know before. Through His Word the Spirit would open up new ideas and awake us to the truth. And when we learned these things He wanted us to go out and tell others.
Are you telling others? If the conversation turns to God do speak up for Him? Or do you turn away? Change the subject?
I hope this fish reminds you that Jesus wants us to be Fishers of Men and Women.
“Run away from infantile indulgence. Run after mature righteousness—faith, love, peace—joining those who are in honest and serious prayer before God. Refuse to get involved in inane discussions; they always end up in fights. God’s servant must not be argumentative, but a gentle listener and a teacher who keeps cool, working firmly but patiently with those who refuse to obey. You never know how or when God might sober them up with a change of heart and a turning to the truth, enabling them to escape the Devil’s trap, where they are caught and held captive, forced to run his errands” (2 Timothy 2:26, MSG).
How can we learn mature righteousness? “Joining those who are in honest and serious prayer before God.”
The Artwork for Fishers:
Here is the progression of my picture.
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The fish is awesome along with the message.
It’s great to be reminded by your text of the words from the Bible. I also love your picture of the fish in front of the colorful background. It looks like the fish swims past a lot of gems what is a wonderful meaning to me.
I adore your bright fish. The colors you’ve used are stunning.
Thank you so much Beth. It turned out well. When I relax and don’t overthink a painting it always works the best.
Blessings
Janis
I love your finished project connecting the dots. The colors are beautiful and the fish is great.
Thanks Gloria,
I am really enjoying the freedom of expression.
Blessings
Janis
Oh wow! I love that. Fishers of Men. I think that’s what we all strive to be. Great article.
Thanks Reg,
I’m fine with just Fishers of Men but since The Message added the word women – it’s good. But all “men”, all of God’s humanity who know Christ need to find the strength of God, wisdom and truth so they can be “Fishers of Men”.
Thanks for dropping by,
Blessings
Janis
Jan this was such s simple and practical way to share how we can be disciples. And I love how your dot challenge turned out!!
Thank you so much,
God seems to show me the simple way to show people how to get closer to Him. Even my Bible study method is SIMPLE. My lifestyle is simple.
Blessings
Janis