Fishing...Have You Been Caught By Jesus?

August 17, 2025
 
Reflections from the Heart of Allan Redenius
For one reason or another my family has taken up fishing.  They all say that the thirty second thrill of the catch is worth the hour of waiting time for the catch.  
 
Recently, my wife, my daughter, and my grandson have caught lunkers of bass.  A lunker is “fish talk” for a really big fish.  Then while fishing in the Des Moines River, my grandson caught a humongous northern pike.  It was big enough to land his picture with his prize fish in the local newspaper.  All of these miracle catches seem to have given them all, “fishing fever.”  
 
I've been fishing for many years.  None of my catches have been a prize, nor has there been one that is worthy of putting its picture in the newspaper.  However, along the way I've learned a lot of wisdom about fishing.  Here's just some of that wisdom.
 

• They were biting yesterday.  They will bite tomorrow.
• God doesn't mark time when you're fishing.
• A bad day of fishing is better than a good day at work.
• A wise old attorney once told me.  “If you have a choice to spend your money on improving your office or go fishing, go fishing.”
• The biggest fish is always the one that got away.
• Fishing is all about hope.  With each cast, there is hope.

 
For those of you who are avid fishermen and insist on fishing on Sunday when you should be in church, did you know that the fish don't bite during church?  Just so you deer hunters don't feel left out.  Why is it that if it snows two inches on Sunday you can't go to church, but if it snows twelve inches on Sunday, you can go deer hunting?  
 
Jesus said, “Come, follow Me and I will make you fishers of men.”  (Matthew 4:19)  Now, that is fishing wisdom worthy beyond measure.  I'm one of those fishers of men which Jesus invited to follow Him.  Have you been caught? 
 
Love in Christ,
Pastor Allan
 
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