April 13th, 2025
The Upward Look, by Jon Forrest
Fish or Talk?
A Fish and Game Warden had a friend who was quite the fisherman. The friend would go fishing almost every day. Day in and day out he came back in a very short time from his day on the lake having caught his limit. The Warden’s curiosity grew, but he didn’t want his friend to think he suspected anything was wrong so he asked his friend if he could go fishing with him. The man was happy to bring him along. Once the boat had come to rest and the anchor dropped the Warden began to bate a hook while the friend reached into a box under his seat. He pulled out a stick of dynamite, lit the fuse and handed it to the Warden saying, “Just toss this out a ways and you’ll get more fish than you can imagine.”
The Warden was shocked and said, “I can’t do that. It’s illegal!”
As the fuse had almost burned down, the friend replied, “Well, are you gonna’ fish or just talk!”
A lot of people claim to know about the Resurrection of Christ from the dead, but for some reason they have never claim the explosive power that is the Resurrection. Jesus said, “Because I live, you also will live. (John 14:19).
The Apostle Paul claimed this incredible power which made a powerful difference in his life every day. The power had changed him from a persecutor of Christ Followers to a passionate missionary for Christ. He was a man of dynamic faith and testimony. In Philippians 3:10-11 he wrote, “ I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.”
When you think about the “Easter Story” do you consider it to be nothing more than just a “really nice story”? Do you take comfort in knowing Jesus is no longer in the grave? Or have you been empowered by receiving all that God has for you through such an amazing, game changing event in your own life?
Are you gonna fish or just talk?
This Sunday is Resurrection Sunday! Great celebrations will go on at FCC and in the homes of our church family members. But I can’t wait to bring you a message at the 10:30AM Resurrection Celebration that I have titled, “Explode Into Life” from Philippians 3:10-14. We will talk about how Christ’s Resurrection in yours and my lives can bring dynamic power to our lives for every day. Plan to attend and bring your friends and neighbors to this potentially life empowering day.
Empowered by him,
Jon
Fish or Talk?
A Fish and Game Warden had a friend who was quite the fisherman. The friend would go fishing almost every day. Day in and day out he came back in a very short time from his day on the lake having caught his limit. The Warden’s curiosity grew, but he didn’t want his friend to think he suspected anything was wrong so he asked his friend if he could go fishing with him. The man was happy to bring him along. Once the boat had come to rest and the anchor dropped the Warden began to bate a hook while the friend reached into a box under his seat. He pulled out a stick of dynamite, lit the fuse and handed it to the Warden saying, “Just toss this out a ways and you’ll get more fish than you can imagine.”
The Warden was shocked and said, “I can’t do that. It’s illegal!”
As the fuse had almost burned down, the friend replied, “Well, are you gonna’ fish or just talk!”
A lot of people claim to know about the Resurrection of Christ from the dead, but for some reason they have never claim the explosive power that is the Resurrection. Jesus said, “Because I live, you also will live. (John 14:19).
The Apostle Paul claimed this incredible power which made a powerful difference in his life every day. The power had changed him from a persecutor of Christ Followers to a passionate missionary for Christ. He was a man of dynamic faith and testimony. In Philippians 3:10-11 he wrote, “ I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.”
When you think about the “Easter Story” do you consider it to be nothing more than just a “really nice story”? Do you take comfort in knowing Jesus is no longer in the grave? Or have you been empowered by receiving all that God has for you through such an amazing, game changing event in your own life?
Are you gonna fish or just talk?
This Sunday is Resurrection Sunday! Great celebrations will go on at FCC and in the homes of our church family members. But I can’t wait to bring you a message at the 10:30AM Resurrection Celebration that I have titled, “Explode Into Life” from Philippians 3:10-14. We will talk about how Christ’s Resurrection in yours and my lives can bring dynamic power to our lives for every day. Plan to attend and bring your friends and neighbors to this potentially life empowering day.
Empowered by him,
Jon
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