Deadliest Catch
One of my favorite shows to watch is a show about crab fishing. I’m too lazy to fish so I regularly DVR the show Deadliest Catch. As I caught up with the last couple episodes of this season I was moved with a bit of emotion. One of my favorite guys on the show was Captain Phil Harris who died recently from a heart attack on the show. I watched the episodes where they honored him and thousands of people came out to pay tribute to him.
They said things about him such as; he was a great fisherman. He was dependable. He was always good for a laugh. He was hard headed. He loved his boys. He was a good person. He was one of the best. He will never be forgotten. He was a great friend. As I watched that and listend to it I began to get knots in my stomach because I didn’t hear what I wanted to hear about Phil. I didn’t hear that he loved Jesus. That he was passionate about his relationship with God. I didn’t hear the things that eternally really mattered. It broke my heart that somebody so loved and honored and somebody with so much influence didn’t to my knowledge get to have a relationship with His creator.
It bothered me because the first list of things are said about so many when they die but unless the second list of things are said about that person does it really matter? Our role is not just to receive Christ, but our role as Christ followers is to share what Christ has done for us to others. That is truly fulfilling the great commission. I don’t want anybody around me to miss out on a relationship with Christ. It is too important to let my pride get in the way of God’s calling on my life to share His name with others.
