Monday, January 12, 2015

The big 'catch'



Yesterday as I watched my beloved Dallas Cowboys (stay with me even if you are not a Cowboys fan) lose a heart-breaker I have to admit I was filled with a wide range of emotions. I was exhilarated that they made it to the Divisional Round of the NFL playoffs yet frustrated by the reversal of a call at the end of the game. If you saw the game you know it was 4th down and time was running out on the Cowboys. Tony Romo threw a deep pass down the sideline that Dez Bryant caught at about the 1 yard line (it really WAS a catch but maybe that is another blog). The cheers around my big-screen soon turned to great frustration over an obscure rule that allows for a player to catch the ball, take 3 steps, extend toward the goal line, and when he hits the ground if the ball comes loose it is not a catch.

So last night I am stewing a little bit over the game and the Lord shows up and busts in on my pity-party. Is it just me or does He do the same to you? Never mind, I already know the answer. I am sitting there oblivious to what is now on the big screen thinking to myself “That was a catch. How could they say that was not a catch?” It was then that the Lord barged into my thoughts with a thought of His own. He reminded me that the greatest catch one can make is by being a fisher of men. What I had watched on television that afternoon was a game. But what happens with the souls of men and women will last an eternity. Slowly in my mind the Lord replayed the faces of the four girls I had the awesome opportunity to baptize yesterday. The whole world was tuned out at this point; just me and the Lord. It was then I heard His voice as clearly as I have ever heard Him as He said, “Son, now THAT is a catch! Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men” (and women, boys, and girls).

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