And he said to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
– Matthew 4:19

Thoughts on Today’s Verse…

From the words, we can see the Lord Jesus’ expectation and commission of Peter and his brother. After Jesus finished His work, Peter and his brother spread the Lord’s gospel to the ends of the earth together with other apostles, just as Jesus said, “I will make you fishers of men.” In modern times, we also bear the commission to preach the gospel.

God’s words say, “Can you express God’s disposition of the age in suitable language that has age significance? Through your experience of God’s work, can you describe in detail the disposition of God? How can you describe it fittingly, appropriately? So that through this, others can learn about your experiences. How will you pass on your seeings and experiences to those pitiable, poor, and devout religious believers who hunger and thirst for righteousness and are waiting for you to shepherd them? What kind of characters are waiting for you to shepherd them? Can you imagine? Are you aware of the burden you shoulder, your commission, and your responsibility? Where is your historic sense of mission? How will you serve as a good master for the next age? Do you have a great sense of masterhood? How would you explain the master of all things? Is it really the master of all living creatures and all substance in the world? What plans do you have for the progress of the next step of work? How many people are waiting for you to be their shepherd? Is your task a heavy one? They are poor, pitiable, blind, and at a loss, wailing in the darkness, ‘Where is the way?’ How they yearn for the light, like a shooting star, to suddenly descend and disperse the force of darkness that has oppressed men for so many years.” “You should know that, when My work is expanded, I will scatter you, and I will smite you, just as Jehovah smote each of the tribes of Israel. All this will be done in order to spread My gospel throughout the earth, and to spread My work into the Gentile nations, so that My name may be magnified by adults and children alike, and My holy name exalted in the mouths of people from all tribes and nations. In this final era, I will have My name magnified among the Gentile nations, cause My deeds to be seen by the Gentiles, that they may call Me the Almighty on account of My deeds, and make it so that My words may soon come to pass. I will make all people know that I am not only the God of the Israelites, but also the God of all the nations of the Gentiles, even those that I have cursed. I will let all people see that I am the God of all creation. This is My greatest work, the purpose of My work plan for the last days, and the only work to be fulfilled in the last days.” From these sincere and earnest words, God expresses His urgent desire of saving people. God led us into His family through people, matters and things and bestows upon us the truth so that we have the chance to be saved. However, there are still many people who live in the darkness seeking the light without knowledge of God. Faced with God’s commission, we should imitate the apostles of past generations and play our parts in spreading God’s gospel.