Moments before calling His first disciples, Jesus invited a
group of fishermen to cast out their nets in a place where they had fished the
night before with absolutely no success. When they did as He commanded, “they
caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking. So they signaled to
their partners in the other boat to come and help them.” (Luke 5.6-7) It was
only together that they were able to haul in the greatest catch they would ever
see. It was at this moment; they dropped their nets and followed Christ.
There are many times in our lives that we are tempted to ‘go
it alone’ rather than depend upon the helping hand of others. We are often too
proud to look to the experience and knowledge of others to help us get to where
we are going. And it is too often that we find ourselves lost and unable to
accomplish our goal simply because we refuse to call out and signal to our
partners that we need their help. So why do still insist on trying to go it
alone?
You could call it our fallen human condition. Ever since
Adam and Eve, we have been trying to live independently from God, even though
we, like the fishermen, keep coming up short. As human beings, we were created
to live in communion with God and each other, not as isolated individuals. In
fact it is only when we accept the invitation of God to join Him, that we can
finally accomplish our true purpose. And what is our true purpose? Entering
into heaven and living eternally with God, and we can’t do THAT alone......that’s
for sure.
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