FISHERS OF MEN"Come and I will make you fisher's of men". Are the words Jesus uses to his soon to be disciples in Mathew 4:19. In the movie The Guardian, Kevin Costner is a fisher of men. Now that he has been fishing for men for a long time it is time to pass the trade down to a younger class of heroes one being Ashton Kutcher. In the very end of the movie one of the lines that Kevin says earlier to his new class rings in the head of Ashton Kutcher "We are fishers of men. The last hope for any person lost at sea." If you can't see the metaphor in this than start slapping yourself a few times...wake up.
The last hope. As I watched this movie I found myself longing to be that person who saves someone from drowning. There is no hope for the person who is about to drown. Except for these swimmers, who risk everything even their own lives to save someone elses life.
There is more to "Fishing for Men" then to make a good living! Kevin finally answers the curious Ashton on the number of people he has saved. "What's the number" Kutcher asks. "22" answers Costner. "Well that's pretty good but it's no 300!" Rebuttles Kutcher, and in a quiet but serious and firm voice Costner says "Thats not how many I saved, It's how many I have lost. That's the only number I have kept track of."
What if losing someone for the Kingdom cut us to the core like this? What if instead of counting the briliant and amazing numbers of people that are brought to Christ what if our heart's started to ache over the few or many that we have lost. In my life my heart aches when I think about the times I should have said something but I didnt, because I was too afraid. And the numbers start to add up.
So realizing that I can never save nor really lose anyone I do however understand when I havent trained hard to do everything I can through Jesus to reach the lost. Now I tell myself, what's the bad news about our guardian who comes to save us When we have no other hope! What's so bad about that news? The good news is in the front of my mind and heart. I pray God that He rescues me from timidity and encourages me to let that good flow from my lips and out of my body so that others know about our guardian, who rescue's us when we have run out of time and resources to stay alive!
fishing anyone?
5 comments:
Dude, I think you made me want to watch an Aston Kutcher movie--that's no small feat.
Great thoughts. Thanks for sharing.
It reminds me of the parable of the lifesaving station. If you haven't heard it you should google it (it's all over the place). I was thinking it might be cool to pair "The Guardian" and the parable of the lifesaving station for a movie/devo time.
Thanks dude.
Dude, Ashton Kutcher is awesome...Ok so I was fairly impressed too by his acting in this particular movie. Dude the metaphors in the lighthouse parable are right on. When did our church stop saving lives and start becoming a club?
We have to start Incarnating Christ and represent Him. Incarnation without representation is what I have seen and frankly what the world has seen our church become.
Thank you for writing this babe! It has really encouraged me in my thinking today! -wife
Glad to help. If you ever want to like talk at home let me know:) love ya babe!
When did we become a club instead of a life- saving service? I'd say that it was when we started becoming more obsessed with what other people who were claiming Christ believed differently than we did (so that we could define ourselves in contrast to them) and stopped being interested in becoming the embodiment of Jesus; so, late third, early fourth century.
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