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Invitation, Week 2, Day 13

by David Joynt on October 18, 2019

Invitation, Week 2, Day 13

MATTHEW 4:18-19| As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea—for they were fishermen.  And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fish for people.”

Life can fall short because we aim too low. Fishing is a wonderful hobby and laudable, if unpredictable, career fishing for people is more complex, more rewarding, and lends to a deeper life experience.

Peter the fisherman became Peter the follower, Peter the missionary, Peter the leader, Peter the Saint. So did Andrew, James and John. The arena of their lives moved from the shores of the sea of Galilee to the Kingdom that never ends. Their impact has extended across time and space and culture.

You were meant to change the world, build God’s Kingdom, overturn injustice, prepare for eternity, and represent the living God. Don’t aim too low!

What do you aim for?

Ask God to widen your vision and grow your spiritual ambition.

 

Tags: vision, eternity, growth, ambition

About the Author
David Joynt

Dave Joynt began his service as a pastor at Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona in September 2014. This meant a move away from the Northeast, where he has a long history, growing up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and then serving congregations in Delaware and New Jersey for a total of 23 years.

Dave was nurtured in a great church in Bethlehem where his parents, Anne and Carey, served as elders. He graduated in classics from Lehigh University where his Father taught, and then from Oxford, where he met his wife Julia. Ordained in 1988, he completed a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1993.

He and Julia have a son, Tristan, and a daughter, Madeleine.

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