Follow to Fish

And He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” - Matthew 4:19

What is the key to obedience to Jesus Christ? How can a person know that he is doing everything the Lord desires?

Jesus never told His disciples to fish. He commanded them to follow, because He knew that if they followed Him, then they would soon be "fishing." The key to obedience to Christ is not "doing," but it IS "remaining" and following. We fail to fish simply because we often fail to follow. If a person remains in fellowship with the Lord, then he will be able to do everything the Lord requires. In fact, if there is a problem with disobedience it can usually be traced to a problem with our fellowship.

Stay close to the Savior. Guard your time with Him. Disobedience cannot survive in proximity to Christ. To be close to Jesus is to be plunged into His desires and will. Follow Him and HE WILL MAKE YOU a fisher of men.

There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude made perfect. - Robert Louis Stevenson