Unlock your treasure for Him

The other day I was reading in the book of Matthew how Jesus called out his first two disciples. I have heard and read this story many times. But for the first time two words stuck out boldly to me in Matthew 3:19: teach and fish.

Matt 3:19- Jesus said to them, ” Come with me! I will teach you how to bring in people instead of fish‘

These men where skilled fishermen!!! What I found so amazing was that Jesus was going to teach them how to use their skill of fishing to bring people to God. Now that struck me as wonderful because I know that God has given each of us some special gifting or skill and each of them are to be used to build his kingdom. But the sad thing is even as we may be Christians following behind our beloved Jesus, we still do not know how to use what he has given us. Or sometimes in our own efforts we use the skills that he has given us in the wrong way. Then we find that we are not fulfilling the great commission because we are loosing more people everyday than we gain.