I know that its been a few days since i have sent out an email. But I’m ready to pick up where we left off in Luke. So lets take a look at Luke 5:1-11.  Today i want to talk about us as Christians in the thoughts of witnessing.

     So have you have tried over and over to witness to someone but have no results or seems as if its a lost cause? Does it make you weary and want to give up?

    Well i guess the same could come if you went fishing all day and didn’t catch anything. You would be frustrated and probably want to give up and never come back to that spot. But lets look at a lesson here in Luke that can hopefully shed light on these issues.

    See what is going on here in Luke is that these fishermen had giving up on fishing for they have caught nothing and Jesus walks up and ask them to Simeon to put his boat out a short distance from land so Jesus could speak the word of God. After Jesus finished he asked Simon to cast his net out once  more. Simon answering said verse 5 ” master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at they word I will let down the net” verse 6 “And when they had this done, they in closed a great multitude of fishes…” they ended up filling both boats with fish. Amazing…

     What am i getting out i take it yall may believe I’m just fishing around this subject but there is a point. So here goes. When we are witnessing to someone over and over. We may be like the fishermen and give up. But Jesus is saying to me in this passage don’t give up. The timing isn’t right but hang in their, Jesus tells me that he will come to that place and tell you to give it one more cast. He is saying continue to preach the word of God and when its time lives will be changed. But listen once again don’t give up for when we give up you may be losing the biggest catch of you life.

     Often times i believe that i should give this email up. But its like when i feel like i might just throw it in someone emails back or someone talks about it to me in person. All kinds of different things and today i know now that i can’t give up God is telling me to hold on, and keep preaching the word of God and at the right moment he will ask me to cast out my net.

    Are you willing to wait on God’s timing? Are you willing to be patient? God is saying to us just to press onward and keep our heads up. But the big part is that when he comes to us and ask us to cast our nets out that we obey. Verse 5 “……AT THY WORD I WILL LET DOWN THE NET.” They hadn’t caught anything all day but at God’s word they will follow.

     You may feel as if your ministry or your witnessing is not catching anything. You may feel like me when i went fishing the other day. Was fishing for blue gill and catching turtles. But God is telling you not to give up keep up the good word.

    DON’T GIVE UP…..DON’T GIVE UP………………DON’T GIVE UP…….DON’T GIVE UP..

 In Christ Name,

Ross Campbell

Preacher Man (FollowingHimWhoDiedForMe)