Let’s Go Fishing

[353 words] Have you ever wondered why fishing is mentioned so often in the four gospel accounts of the New Testament? Could it be that the activity of fishing is one that most people can relate to in one way or another? Even if you’ve never fished in your life, you have a general idea of what fishing is all about. A person uses certain tools like hooks, lines, bait, or nets to go into the water and catch fish. There’s a great fishing story in Luke 5:1-11 that tells of how Jesus got into a boat with Simon Peter and said, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch” (v.4). Peter, being a professional fisherman, told Jesus that they had fished all night and caught nothing. However, because Jesus had commanded it, Peter went fishing anyway. The results were amazing! They caught so many…