The
Beach and the Fish Nets Vision 10-17-12
I
am walking along the familiar beach again in the vision. The sun is
just rising and the ocean is glistening in the dawning sunlight. I
can feel the water lapping at my toes and I smile at it's wake as it
crosses over my feet. The water feels so smooth, almost like silk.
What a wonderful place, I think to myself. I look up past where I am
and I see someone walking towards me on up the beach. I can see that
it is the Lord and I quicken my pace to greet Him. He is smiling as I
draw near. "Good morning Lord!”, I say. The Lord smiles again,
and reaches out His hand to me. I take His hand and we walk along the
waters edge. I feel such joy walking together in the morning that I
burst out singing. I couldn't hold it in. It just seemed to boil over
within me. I laugh and sing. Jesus is laughing with me, enjoying the
moment with me.
All
of a sudden I feel something brush against my toes in the water. I
stop singing and look down. I reached down and it was a piece of an
old net that has washed ashore. It looked pretty worn and it was
rough knit. Jesus watched me with interest. I could see His eyes
sparkle, and I knew that this was something more than just a mere
piece of a net. So I put it on the sand. When I set it down, another
piece floated by my feet. I reached down and picked that piece up
too. Then I looked out into the ocean, and other pieces were now
floating ashore. Soon, there were many fragments of the former net
that had all came ashore around where we stood. I picked each of them
up and carried them to the place where the first one laid on the
sand. Now I had a pile of fragments. They all were tattered and
roughly made. Some had seaweed tangled in them. Others had knots in
them. "This net has seen it's day", I said. "Yes it
has", the Lord agreed. "How will the people fish now?",
the Lord asked. "They would need to make a new net", I
said. "Yes, they could. But even that net would eventually fail
them too. What do fish nets represent?" I thought for a moment
and said, "The nets typify of what we do to draw men to
ourselves. Our methods or ways in which we attract them and then
bring them in?"
"Yes.
That is one thing they represent", the lord agreed. "Men
tend to take what they are familiar with or what they are comfortable
with, and they make it into that which reflects themselves, and they
use that to draw people to themselves. Everything that you build or
erect, and everything that you utilize in this earth is limited to
this earth and to it's fallen condition. That is why things break,
and things wear out and fail, and things can be corrupted, and things
are misused. Men keep trying to fish for men with man-made tools,
such as these nets. They do catch some men, but they are not
attaining my highest wish using these methods. Nets are meant for
fishing for schools of fish, or masses of fish. But the nets in your
day are mostly old, worn, and roughly assembled. What you currently
have operating is not able to bring in the great catch that is
drawing near now. You do not have enough fishermen to hold the net
securely, so I let it all fall apart. It will not do for what I am
about to do in the earth. What is made from men will rot and fail in
this hour. It will crumble in your hands, because it can no longer
stretch and expand with Me, because I am on the move continually. The
time has come to let old things die. The tides I bring in will carry
them all out to sea. There will be no old nets, or crudely
constructed tools in my service anymore. It is time for my fishers to
have new tools. Where do you think they shall they go to buy their
new tools?"
The
Lord looked at me, and waited to see what I would say. I thought,
"Well, they would have to go to the fishermen that make the
nets, to get new nets." The Lord nodded. "Yes, that is
true, only those who make the things you will need, can supply you
with what you need. If what you have used in the past no longer
works, then what do you do?" I thought, "Well, then you
would have to search for someone that is making new different things
to fish with and get his advice." The Lord smiled. He said,
"That is what most people do, but very few ask Me." I
looked at Him, and then I understood. The Lord continued, "Men
are more comfortable in asking others what they use to fish with, and
they compare results to see what works better than theirs, but they
never ask if Me it is My will for them or not. They do not think to
ask Me if this is what they should be doing. Most of what the church
currently uses to reflect Me in the evangelistic areas is only a mere
reflection of themselves. There are many things in the earth that you
can use to illustrate Me and My ways, as a witness, but they are
never meant to be a substitute for Me. I am bringing this tendency to
a halt in My House. I want a new reflection to be seen. I want My
People to only reflect Me. So I am going to open My People's eyes to
see Me as I am. Then, when I am lifted up correctly, I will draw all
men unto Me. I am the net, and it is My Life that draws them in, and
as they come to Me, they are reaped correctly into My Kingdom. Men
cannot build their own nets, or their ways of presenting Me, and
think that this will suffice, and will meet My requirements for them.
I am not pleased with second hand offerings, nor half-hearted
methods. If their whole hearts were in it, then I would be in it, for
I would be first in their hearts. But because I am not first in their
lives, other things will crowd Me out, and then what they want even
more becomes their self-image, and is also the method by which they
present Me to others. This I am bringing to an end. I want hearts
fully desirous of only Me, fishing for Me."
"I
am bringing a death to all things that do not clearly reveal Me. Take
care how you present Me to others. Do not put Me on a new cart, like
those in My Word did. Do not put Me on fancy stages, or on gilded
book pages. I want men to stop presenting Me as what I am not, to
please their own goals. My Fires will now burn up all that is of self
and of your own making. Every net that men have made will now rot and
fall apart in their hands. I want My Life and Light to expand! It is
time to ask Me to teach you how to fish.”
“I
want you to fish with My Presence. I want you to release My Fragrance
out of your lives. I want you to pour out My Love to all men, for
then I will draw them in. I want you to reflect Me in all you do.
These are the things that will draw the harvest to you. I am the Life
given for all men, and this is the Life that will be seen through My
Fishermen. It is time to ask me to make you into My Great Harvest
Net. I will weave you all into My Net, and you will become a Great
Net-Work, and a Glorious Work-Man-Ship in My Hands. My sincere
Leadership will be My new workmanship. My nets are always made of my
men and women. I have always had a witness in the earth, and it has
always been My People. You are to begin to come together even more,
and are to be built into My Nets. I will gather you each into where
you will fit, and I will heart-knit you together, so that you will
fit and complete each other, and this will cause you all to reap
together, even as one man. Hand in hand will you together expand. You
are My Fish Nets, and you are My Fishermen. You are to become, what I
will now make of you. When I need a net, then I will throw you all
into the seas of humanity, to reap a large catch. When I need a
fisherman, I will set you before men to draw them in, one by one. I
have many uses for you in the days ahead. Learn more of Me. Become
more like Me. Let My Love flow. You must yield to Me more, and let Me
weave Myself through each of you, till you all reflect Me the same,
then you can be a net worthy of My Name! I am doing a new work in the
earth. That which is born of Me will last for eternity. It shall be
built upon Me. It shall bear fruit, even as Me. With joy shall you
labor with Me. Look and see My New Nets that are being fashioned for
you."
I
looked to where Jesus was pointing, and up above our heads, was a
brilliant golden fishnet shining with golden hues and radiant
glistening threads. It came down and rested just above both our
heads. I wondered at the beauty of this net. It was so glorious. The
Lord's eyes twinkled again. He said to me, "Close your eyes and
reach up for the net." I closed my eyes and reached upwards, and
I felt the net go right down my arms down into my belly. I could see
it within me. It was resting in my spirit. It was shining and it felt
like it was tickling deep inside me. "That is My Life opening up
more within you. When My Life fully comes within, it quickens all
that is within. I am a Quickening Spirit. My Life gives life to all
men. That is what draws men unto Me. My Net is also My Life, and when
you release My Life, it will always bring a response. I want all of
My People to be full of My Life, and then I want them to pour My Life
out to those that I will direct them to. I know where the harvestable
fish are, and I know when they are ready to respond to Me. My Nets
are descending from above, and it is time that My People enter into
that which I am now releasing in your day, and to get more full of My
Life, so that they can effectively reflect Me, and work more
effectively for Me. I am calling for the new Fishers. I am calling
for My Golden Net-workers. I am calling for all who are willing to
come and be gathered in. My Harvest will be fully brought in, by
those who will allow Me to not only transition them, and but to also
reposition them from within their own spirits. My Golden Nets are
falling, but who will let Me be the Fisher within them?"
Proverbs
11:30 The fruit of the [uncompromisingly] righteous is a tree of
life, and he who is wise captures human lives [for God, as a fisher
of men--he gathers and receives them for eternity].
Matthew
4:19 And He said to them, Come after Me [as disciples--letting Me be
your Guide], follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men!
Mark
1:17 And Jesus said to them, Come after Me and be My disciples, and I
will make you to become fishers of men.
Matthew
13:47 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was
thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind.
John
12:32 And I, if and when I am lifted up from the earth [on the
cross], will draw and attract all men [Gentiles as well as Jews] to
Myself.
John
21:1 AFTER THIS, Jesus let Himself be seen and revealed [Himself]
again to the disciples, at the Sea of Tiberias. And He did it in this
way: 2 There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas, called the Twin,
and Nathanael from Cana of Galilee, also the sons of Zebedee, and two
others of His disciples. 3 Simon Peter said to them, I am going
fishing! They said to him, And we are coming with you! So they went
out and got into the boat, and throughout that night they caught
nothing. 4 Morning was already breaking when Jesus came to the beach
and stood there. However, the disciples did not know that it was
Jesus. 5 So Jesus said to them, [a]Boys (children), you do not have
any meat (fish), do you? [Have you caught anything to eat along with
your bread?] They answered Him, No! 6 And He said to them, Cast the
net on the right side of the boat and you will find [some]. So they
cast the net, and now they were not able to haul it in for such a big
catch (mass, quantity) of fish [was in it]. 7 Then the disciple whom
Jesus loved said to Peter, It is the Lord! Simon Peter, hearing him
say that it was the Lord, put (girded) on his upper garment (his
fisherman's coat, his outer tunic)--for he was stripped [for
work]--and sprang into the sea. 8 And the other disciples came in the
small boat, for they were not far from shore, only some hundred yards
away, dragging the net full of fish. 9 When they got out on land (the
beach), they saw a fire of coals there and fish lying on it
[cooking], and bread. 10 Jesus said to them, Bring some of the fish
which you have just caught. 11 So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled
the net to land, full of large fish, 153 of them; and [though] there
were so many of them, the net was not torn. 12 Jesus said to them,
Come [and] have breakfast. But none of the disciples ventured or
dared to ask Him, Who are You? because they [well] knew that it was
the Lord. 13 Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and
so also [with] the fish. 14 This was now the third time that Jesus
revealed Himself (appeared, was manifest) to the disciples after He
had risen from the dead.
1
Corinthians 15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was
made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
Susan
O'Marra
-10-17-12
http://intheimageofhisgloryministries.blogspot.com/
