Swap Moto Chapel Service Fox Raceway Dec 14, 2025
What a year, stoked to make Swap Moto our home race series since 2019 and we are just so thankful for all the relationships along the way. We are honored to share the hope of Jesus with our moto community thank you all with your words of encouragement and showing up on these early mornings
We plan on being here for all of 2026 also, we are excited to see all that God has in front of us Amen
Today I wanted ask you how has your year gone, good, bad, ok?
I hope you have had an incredible year and enjoyed Gods wonderful blessings ....but maybe for some of us here we have also gone through some difficult trials maybe have had to really surrender to God in some hard situation, I know for myself God has seen me and my family though another year, we are healthy, God has supplied all our needs, not necessarily our wants but our needs haha but we also as a community have had some difficult situations like losing our dear friend and competitor Aidan Zingg to our friend Eric getting hurt pretty bad a few months ago and I’m sure if we went around and shared our stories there would be some difficult stories shared.
So how do we respond when maybe our year hasn’t gone exactly as we planned
First off we have to remember God is still for us and he hasn’t abandoned us.
Romans 8:31 : "What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?"
Here Paul reminds us that of what lengths God went through to save man from His wrath and equip him for victory over sin and death, who can doubt that God is for us. As we are surrendered to Jesus we have rest in any trial because we are assured God is for us.
Romans 8:38-39 "Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
This pretty much describes anything and everything we can go through, Nothing which appears to be good or nothing which appears to be evil can separate us from the love of God.
God’s help is an enduring promise; He has the ability to work all things for good and to see us through anything the world throws at us
Romans 8:28 "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose."
Yes even when things don’t make sense we need to trust him…. Why you ask, how can I trust Him when maybe I can’t pay the bills, or we got a bad call from a dr, or maybe we lost a dear loved one this year…..
First off nothing we are experiencing is a surprise to Him so lets allow God room to work whatever it is we are going through be worked out in His perfect will. We can either lean into it or shake our fist at God…. I prefer what Peter the disciple said when Jesus asked the disciples the question in the book of John chap 6 “Do you also want to leave” as many were leaving because they started feeling the persecution but Peter stood up and said to Jesus, “Lord. To whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life”
Lord give us that same heart,
Jesus words that are in this book will bring you hope through any trial, anything that the enemy tries to tear us down with, we fight back with this incredible hope we have in Jesus, Peter understood this so much so that even when things seemed to be unraveling he didn’t waver and neither should we.
Remember what Romans 15:13 says “May the God of hope fill you will all joy and peace in believing so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope”
Are you kidding me, we should always abound in hope even when the world seems to be falling apart around us we can walk in confidence knowing that indeed God is for us and that we have our sights set on heaven
Isaiah 41:10: "Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand"
Psalm 118:6 "The Lord is on my side; I will not fear! What can man do to me?"
1 Peter 5:7 "Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you."
These verses collectively offer assurance that God actively supports, loves, and protects His people, making any opposition irrelevant in the face of His power and love.
As we enter into 2026 with all the noise and distractions, the ups and downs of 2025 lets remain focused and believing that indeed the best is yet to come because as believers we know the ending, I have read the end of the book and we win amen, lets walk in that, looking up knowing that God is still on the throne and is still in control amen….
Be encouraged family God loves you deeply and we pray that this Christmas season you remember the reason for the season that as believers we celebrate the birth of our Savior, may we not lose that in the hustle and bustle of the season but may we reflect Jesus in all that we say in do at work, at the track and when we are surrounded by loved ones on Christmas Day, May he be glorified in all we say and do, Amen!
Pastor Jeff
We plan on being here for all of 2026 also, we are excited to see all that God has in front of us Amen
Today I wanted ask you how has your year gone, good, bad, ok?
I hope you have had an incredible year and enjoyed Gods wonderful blessings ....but maybe for some of us here we have also gone through some difficult trials maybe have had to really surrender to God in some hard situation, I know for myself God has seen me and my family though another year, we are healthy, God has supplied all our needs, not necessarily our wants but our needs haha but we also as a community have had some difficult situations like losing our dear friend and competitor Aidan Zingg to our friend Eric getting hurt pretty bad a few months ago and I’m sure if we went around and shared our stories there would be some difficult stories shared.
So how do we respond when maybe our year hasn’t gone exactly as we planned
First off we have to remember God is still for us and he hasn’t abandoned us.
Romans 8:31 : "What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?"
Here Paul reminds us that of what lengths God went through to save man from His wrath and equip him for victory over sin and death, who can doubt that God is for us. As we are surrendered to Jesus we have rest in any trial because we are assured God is for us.
Romans 8:38-39 "Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
This pretty much describes anything and everything we can go through, Nothing which appears to be good or nothing which appears to be evil can separate us from the love of God.
God’s help is an enduring promise; He has the ability to work all things for good and to see us through anything the world throws at us
Romans 8:28 "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose."
Yes even when things don’t make sense we need to trust him…. Why you ask, how can I trust Him when maybe I can’t pay the bills, or we got a bad call from a dr, or maybe we lost a dear loved one this year…..
First off nothing we are experiencing is a surprise to Him so lets allow God room to work whatever it is we are going through be worked out in His perfect will. We can either lean into it or shake our fist at God…. I prefer what Peter the disciple said when Jesus asked the disciples the question in the book of John chap 6 “Do you also want to leave” as many were leaving because they started feeling the persecution but Peter stood up and said to Jesus, “Lord. To whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life”
Lord give us that same heart,
Jesus words that are in this book will bring you hope through any trial, anything that the enemy tries to tear us down with, we fight back with this incredible hope we have in Jesus, Peter understood this so much so that even when things seemed to be unraveling he didn’t waver and neither should we.
Remember what Romans 15:13 says “May the God of hope fill you will all joy and peace in believing so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope”
Are you kidding me, we should always abound in hope even when the world seems to be falling apart around us we can walk in confidence knowing that indeed God is for us and that we have our sights set on heaven
Isaiah 41:10: "Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand"
Psalm 118:6 "The Lord is on my side; I will not fear! What can man do to me?"
1 Peter 5:7 "Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you."
These verses collectively offer assurance that God actively supports, loves, and protects His people, making any opposition irrelevant in the face of His power and love.
As we enter into 2026 with all the noise and distractions, the ups and downs of 2025 lets remain focused and believing that indeed the best is yet to come because as believers we know the ending, I have read the end of the book and we win amen, lets walk in that, looking up knowing that God is still on the throne and is still in control amen….
Be encouraged family God loves you deeply and we pray that this Christmas season you remember the reason for the season that as believers we celebrate the birth of our Savior, may we not lose that in the hustle and bustle of the season but may we reflect Jesus in all that we say in do at work, at the track and when we are surrounded by loved ones on Christmas Day, May he be glorified in all we say and do, Amen!
Pastor Jeff
"REDEEMED"
Ephesians 1:7 states, “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace.”
Ahhh I love sharing about Gods grace and redemption
This week we came out with the short film called “BELIEVER” and it’s the story of Billy Laninovich life and it’s a story of redemption.
I think most of us have some kind redemptive story or know of a redemptive story, maybe a good comeback story.
Redemption simply means
“the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil.”
Or
“the action of buying one's freedom.”
The word redemption is used 23 times in the
New King James Version of the Bible.
Redemption always implies a price being paid for the freedom that is purchased. And in our sin it’s the blood of Jesus that redeems us, that brings us out of the trouble we seem to get ourselves into, that sinful nature that can sometimes get us in trouble.
I know in my own life I had made some pretty bad decisions and eventually making a mess out of my life but you see when I surrendered my life to the Lord he redeemed all that I thought was lost , he restored my life with a purpose and over the years God has been able to use my story to encourage those that may be going through those same things I went through.
I look at the Apostle Peters story where he was following Jesus with such boldness but when they arrested Jesus and were taking him to the cross to be crucified, Peter, this man of God denied even knowing Jesus at all, he was confronted 3 times about being a follower of Jesus and 3 times he denied even knowing him, wow some man of God right haha!
But you see God wasn’t done with Peter even though Peter probably thought life was over as he knew it, he actually just went back to being a fisherman not really believing that Jesus would raise from the dead and if Jesus did raise from the dead surely Jesus would have been done with him anyway.
Let’s look at the gospel of John chapter 21:15-17 where Jesus had indeed risen and gathered his disciples together and we see Jesus ask Peter
"do you love me"
“So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He said to him, “Feed My lambs.” He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He said to him, “Tend My sheep.” He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.”
Have you ever denied Jesus? Have you ever fallen into sin that you thought all was lost? There was just no possible way of God forgiving you or ever redeeming you to the point where God can actually use you?
Well this is exactly Peters story, a broken man whom fell terribly short even though Peter never stopped loving Jesus, Peter was a sinner in need of a savior and by the blood ofJesus Peter was forgiven and his slate wiped clean, Jesus instructed Peter to go and feed my sheep, GO PETER TELL THE WORLD THAT I HAVE RISEN FROM THE DEAD, TELL THEM OF THIS AMAZING LOVE AND GRACE AND THAT ALL SHOULD COME TO REPENTANCE!
And just like Peter went out, and we to need to get up and Go, living out our faith with this assurance of the blood, the saving blood of Christ!
Peter would go out and eventually leading thousands to follow Jesus, he would eventually die for his faith never denying Jesus again he became one of the greatest men to ever follow Jesus.
Let God redeem your story. redeem your life, don’t let the enemy hold you down but let us take up our cross our burdens and follow Jesus, no turning back no turning back.
Amen
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A FIRM FOUNDATION!!!!
As we kick off 2025 We want to start off by building our lives on a solid foundation. And just like all the racers preparing for a new season through hard work, training and disciplining their body’s, they have been building a foundation physically to be prepared as best as possible to endure whatever comes their way and to endure a long race season, they have absolutely committed to be the best they can be and in the same way We to as believers should be building a solid foundation to prepare and grow us for whatever life throws our way to be committed to building a solid foundation.
How do we build that foundation you ask?
You guys ask some great questions haha
I want to share a quick parable that Jesus preached while preaching the sermon on the mount. In Matthew It says a great crowed had followed Jesus so Jesus went on top a mountain and started to preach with His disciples by his side, And in Matthew Chapter 7:24-27 Jesus shares a parable about 2 houses and it says this:
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.””
Matthew 7:24-27
So here we see this picture of these 2 houses
From the outside they probably looked the same, I picture to beautiful houses but you see one was was ready for the storm and one was not
You see Im in construction and we do the dirt work for a lot of houses and this is where building a foundation starts.
We do what’s called a OVER-X where we have to dig out all the lose dirt, lose rocks maybe some garbage, we have dug up all kinds of junk haha then we bring in clean dirt and compact it where it’s nice and firm to start digging the underground portion
You see to start a foundation you have to start with getting rid of all the junk and in the same way we to need to dig out all the junk in our lives, We need to dig out and get rid of all the garbage that has been buried and hidden for so long so we can replace it with the assurance that is the goodness and grace of God which is found only in Gods word
Jesus says “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
So we see here we need to put the scriptures to practice we need to take up our cross and follow Him no matter what the world is telling us no matter what your friends say no matter what Instagram or tic tok says, we need to simply obey Gods words not just hear it or read it and not have it change us but to hear it and read it and it will change us from the inside out so when that storm comes, and it will to be sure (woohoo), we will have rebuilt our foundation where we are now standing on the rock which is Jesus Christ
Jesus goes on and illustrates when we don’t put in to practice Gods word...... “But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.” You have a choice, God is not going to force you to do anything, He gives us a free will so you can choose to leave here unchanged to go back and continue doing whatever you were doing or you can say today Jan 14th 2024 I’m going to put a stake in the ground to Mark this day, to be able to look back and say that was the day I starting digging out all the junk that has been rooted in my life for so many years, the day I started my new foundation by putting into practicing Gods word so when the storms comes, and they will, when the winds blow, and they will, you will be that wise man or gal that built his or her life on the rock which is Jesus Christ AMEN!!!
I heard this young gal share about how her and her husband had made a commitment to ranching and how sometimes when it’s freezing outside they just want to stay by the fire and not go outside but it was a commitment they made to live this lifestyle so they get out of their comfort zone and put in the work and she compared it to her relationship with Jesus and the commitment she made in honoring God through her words, actions and choices and, sometimes it’s hard work but the reward is this incredible life in Jesus, so the challenge is to make a commitment to build that firm foundation today, Amen and Amen
LOVE GOD
LOVE PEOPLE
LOVE MOTO
Pastor Jeff
A FIRM FOUNDATION!!!!
As we kick off 2025 We want to start off by building our lives on a solid foundation. And just like all the racers preparing for a new season through hard work, training and disciplining their body’s, they have been building a foundation physically to be prepared as best as possible to endure whatever comes their way and to endure a long race season, they have absolutely committed to be the best they can be and in the same way We to as believers should be building a solid foundation to prepare and grow us for whatever life throws our way to be committed to building a solid foundation.
How do we build that foundation you ask?
You guys ask some great questions haha
I want to share a quick parable that Jesus preached while preaching the sermon on the mount. In Matthew It says a great crowed had followed Jesus so Jesus went on top a mountain and started to preach with His disciples by his side, And in Matthew Chapter 7:24-27 Jesus shares a parable about 2 houses and it says this:
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.””
Matthew 7:24-27
So here we see this picture of these 2 houses
From the outside they probably looked the same, I picture to beautiful houses but you see one was was ready for the storm and one was not
You see Im in construction and we do the dirt work for a lot of houses and this is where building a foundation starts.
We do what’s called a OVER-X where we have to dig out all the lose dirt, lose rocks maybe some garbage, we have dug up all kinds of junk haha then we bring in clean dirt and compact it where it’s nice and firm to start digging the underground portion
You see to start a foundation you have to start with getting rid of all the junk and in the same way we to need to dig out all the junk in our lives, We need to dig out and get rid of all the garbage that has been buried and hidden for so long so we can replace it with the assurance that is the goodness and grace of God which is found only in Gods word
Jesus says “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
So we see here we need to put the scriptures to practice we need to take up our cross and follow Him no matter what the world is telling us no matter what your friends say no matter what Instagram or tic tok says, we need to simply obey Gods words not just hear it or read it and not have it change us but to hear it and read it and it will change us from the inside out so when that storm comes, and it will to be sure (woohoo), we will have rebuilt our foundation where we are now standing on the rock which is Jesus Christ
Jesus goes on and illustrates when we don’t put in to practice Gods word...... “But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.” You have a choice, God is not going to force you to do anything, He gives us a free will so you can choose to leave here unchanged to go back and continue doing whatever you were doing or you can say today Jan 14th 2024 I’m going to put a stake in the ground to Mark this day, to be able to look back and say that was the day I starting digging out all the junk that has been rooted in my life for so many years, the day I started my new foundation by putting into practicing Gods word so when the storms comes, and they will, when the winds blow, and they will, you will be that wise man or gal that built his or her life on the rock which is Jesus Christ AMEN!!!
I heard this young gal share about how her and her husband had made a commitment to ranching and how sometimes when it’s freezing outside they just want to stay by the fire and not go outside but it was a commitment they made to live this lifestyle so they get out of their comfort zone and put in the work and she compared it to her relationship with Jesus and the commitment she made in honoring God through her words, actions and choices and, sometimes it’s hard work but the reward is this incredible life in Jesus, so the challenge is to make a commitment to build that firm foundation today, Amen and Amen
LOVE GOD
LOVE PEOPLE
LOVE MOTO
Pastor Jeff
DEVOTIONAL 1/31/2023
"AND THEY FOLLOWED JESUS"
So in the first few chapters of the Gospel of Luke we read about the birth of Jesus, how John the Baptist actually baptized Jesus and we see Jesus start his ministry by teaching and healing those who were sick and doing miracles which leads us to
OUR SURVEYED SCRIPTURE TODAY which is OUT OF THE GOSPEL OF LUKE CHAPTER 5 starting in verse 1 “So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him (Jesus) to hear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, and saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets.Then He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s Peter and asked him to put out a little from the land. And He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat.”
So picture a couple fisherman like deadliest catch and Jesus asked if He could stand in the boat and teach as the people all gathered in front of him on the beach
4:When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net.”
So I can see Simon kinda with this attitude like “ Dude, are you serious, we were just fishing all night and we ain’t caught nuttin c-mon man, but ok I will go”
Let’s see God blow their minds haha
6 And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking. So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.
This is so good haha they caught so much fish they needed help bringing them on the boat, then they started to sink, I can almost see Jesus standing there holding back from from breaking out in this joyful laugh haha
look what happens
8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!”
These guys knew at that moment that Jesus is who He said He was while preaching in that boat that He was indeed Lord, God in the flesh
9 For he and all who were with him (Simon Peter) were astonished at the catch of fish which they had taken; and so also were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid. From now on you will catch men.”
Catch men? That means they will from then on share the Gospel to whoever would listen
And that leads us to our last verse
11 So when they had brought their boats to land, they forsook all and followed Him.”
Luke 5:1-11
Guys, this is so powerful, could you imagine owning a business and one day your at work and somebody shares the gospel with you and a light goes on in your head and you suddenly realize there is a much greater purpose for living and you just walk out the door and leave it all behind My tendency would be to say look at what we brought in, look at all this fish, I’m gunna make a lot of money in fact I’m gunna buy a bigger boat and expand the business and with all the blessings I’m gunna probably buy some Jett skies and for sure a new 2023 KTM 450 haha but lord I for sure will tithe my 10%
Are you guys kidding me!!!
These guys said “who cares about the gifts, like the boat full of fish, when you can follow the gift giver” These guys fell down and worshiped the Lord and said Lord we will follow you, wherever you lead we will follow It says “they forsook all and followed Him” no matter the cost, no matter how unpopular, no matter what there friends said, They wanted Jesus and nothing but Jesus not so much all the blessings He bestows upon us although those things come with following Jesus, That’s what these guys did, they left their boats, their nets their jet skies their motorcycles haha ok ok maybe not the jet skies and motorcycles but they left everything to follow the king of kings and Lord of Lords!
Hopefully I can sum this up with this,
Peter wasn’t caught up with the fish, the blessings, fish stink, sometimes all these blessings we receive can distract us from what it is to truly follow Jesus
What is it that is holding you back from really following Jesus? What is distracting you
Guys I’m guilty, I’m no different than you, I have wasted so much time thinking lord how can you bless me so I can just live a comfortable Christian life and everybody will like me, I’m done with that, I want to be like Simon Peter and just follow Jesus
Guys this is it, let the example of the these disciples challenge us to not worry about all the distractions, not worry about what others may think or say, let our affection be towards Jesus, let us leave our boats and nets behind and follow Him I’m thinking it when be a incredible ride, Amen
Pastor Jeff
OUR SURVEYED SCRIPTURE TODAY which is OUT OF THE GOSPEL OF LUKE CHAPTER 5 starting in verse 1 “So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him (Jesus) to hear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, and saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets.Then He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s Peter and asked him to put out a little from the land. And He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat.”
So picture a couple fisherman like deadliest catch and Jesus asked if He could stand in the boat and teach as the people all gathered in front of him on the beach
4:When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net.”
So I can see Simon kinda with this attitude like “ Dude, are you serious, we were just fishing all night and we ain’t caught nuttin c-mon man, but ok I will go”
Let’s see God blow their minds haha
6 And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking. So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.
This is so good haha they caught so much fish they needed help bringing them on the boat, then they started to sink, I can almost see Jesus standing there holding back from from breaking out in this joyful laugh haha
look what happens
8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!”
These guys knew at that moment that Jesus is who He said He was while preaching in that boat that He was indeed Lord, God in the flesh
9 For he and all who were with him (Simon Peter) were astonished at the catch of fish which they had taken; and so also were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid. From now on you will catch men.”
Catch men? That means they will from then on share the Gospel to whoever would listen
And that leads us to our last verse
11 So when they had brought their boats to land, they forsook all and followed Him.”
Luke 5:1-11
Guys, this is so powerful, could you imagine owning a business and one day your at work and somebody shares the gospel with you and a light goes on in your head and you suddenly realize there is a much greater purpose for living and you just walk out the door and leave it all behind My tendency would be to say look at what we brought in, look at all this fish, I’m gunna make a lot of money in fact I’m gunna buy a bigger boat and expand the business and with all the blessings I’m gunna probably buy some Jett skies and for sure a new 2023 KTM 450 haha but lord I for sure will tithe my 10%
Are you guys kidding me!!!
These guys said “who cares about the gifts, like the boat full of fish, when you can follow the gift giver” These guys fell down and worshiped the Lord and said Lord we will follow you, wherever you lead we will follow It says “they forsook all and followed Him” no matter the cost, no matter how unpopular, no matter what there friends said, They wanted Jesus and nothing but Jesus not so much all the blessings He bestows upon us although those things come with following Jesus, That’s what these guys did, they left their boats, their nets their jet skies their motorcycles haha ok ok maybe not the jet skies and motorcycles but they left everything to follow the king of kings and Lord of Lords!
Hopefully I can sum this up with this,
Peter wasn’t caught up with the fish, the blessings, fish stink, sometimes all these blessings we receive can distract us from what it is to truly follow Jesus
What is it that is holding you back from really following Jesus? What is distracting you
Guys I’m guilty, I’m no different than you, I have wasted so much time thinking lord how can you bless me so I can just live a comfortable Christian life and everybody will like me, I’m done with that, I want to be like Simon Peter and just follow Jesus
Guys this is it, let the example of the these disciples challenge us to not worry about all the distractions, not worry about what others may think or say, let our affection be towards Jesus, let us leave our boats and nets behind and follow Him I’m thinking it when be a incredible ride, Amen
Pastor Jeff