Whether a man is rich or poor, observe his reaction to his possessions and you have a revealing index to his character. A pastor lamented to a fellow pastor that he was not getting the converts he desired. His friend happened to think of this verse from John 21, and he told the unfortunate shepherd of the stationary flock that he should pull in the net if he wanted to catch his converts. It certainly is those with whom we live and work and play and have our being. We are not islands unto ourselves, but aisles through which others may reach God and attain that Blessed Hope of a happiness which cannot be bought on this earth.
Life is very inconvenient at times.
The list is as endless as the needs of all who come our way. But Christ bids us to let down our net again, to continue our work, and to trust that He pulls in the net with us. Then it is there you must seek and find him. Not Always According to Knowledge After David Livingston had been in Africa about 12 years, he had a desire to travel from where he was, on the east of the continent, over to the west coast through a part of that continent that no other European had ever been before. He didn't have any possibility of doing it on his own, so he went to a local chief and asked for 27 men of the local tribe who would go with him.