Jesus said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men."

Mark 1:17

I don't know about you, but I was raised as a kid to be a leader and not a follower. It was drilled into my head that followers are "losers" and leaders are "winners." So to be the teacher's "pet" and line leader in school, you had to sit up straight, not talk in class, and always be the first to raise your hand. Needless to say, that wasn't me.

In the sixties, during my teen years, I learned to be a non-conformist. Long hair. Long beard. Raggedy clothes. Being a leader in the hippie generation meant doing your own thing.

Then in 1969, Jesus chose me to follow Him.

Forty years later, I'm still learning what it means to follow Jesus. After walking with Jesus for all this years, the truth rings out loud and clear that following Jesus requires that I allow Him to make me a "fisher of men" and not of trout!

His promise to make us become His witnesses calls for total surrender to be His hands, His feet, and His mouth to those people in our lives that need Jesus.

Will you make a commitment to follow Him today?

Expect a divine appointment with someone who needs you to lead them to the One who is the way, and the truth and the life.

P.S. Let me know how God used you today with your divine appointment. I'll be praying for you...