I can see you, Lord, walking along the dusty roads in Galilee, by the sea, there in Capernaum. The sea is full of boats, busy with fishermen unloading their catch, repairing their nets. And you pulling them in with your net, your presence, your call to them. Perhaps your first miracles, gathering the future saints. Oh, to be in Galilee when Christ was there! Or simply now to have him with me in my Galilee.

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Matthew 4: 18-23

18 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. 19 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” 20 At once they left their nets and followed him.

21 Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them, 22 and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.

23 Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. 

 

Prayer:

Oh Jesus, I would love to have been there walking with you through Galilee. To be called by you to drop what I was doing and go. Had they heard of you; had they seen you healing; listened to your gospel; seen the miracles you did?

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Or did they simply feel your presence, the call in their souls—something they never thought about—and simply follow you? I like to think that's how it happened. You were irresistible for them. They could not resist that call, your call. Lord you are irresistible for me, I cannot resist your call; I cannot ignore it. I can barely rest. What am I to do? I will follow and find out. I will follow while you go around preaching, healing, and I will know somehow. Lord, teach me, lead me.

 

Listen to Being Called

A hymn related to this Prayer Corner by Lee Bekir

https://blawenburgchurch.podbean.com/e/being-called/ 

 

Being Called Lyrics

Inspired by Matthew 4: 18-23 – by Veliko, 2025

 

I see Thee, Lord, by Galilee,

Thy sandals kissed by shore and sea,

The boats are moored, the nets hang dry,

Yet in Thy gaze, the heavens lie.

 

The fishermen with calloused hand,

Didst hear Thy voice and leave the sand,

No question asked, no burden borne,

Just hearts that rose like light at morn.

 

O call me, Lord, as Thou didst then,

Beside the sea, through dust and men.

I’ll cast my net no more for gold,

But follow Thee, brave, strong, and bold.

 

Thou walked the path where sinners trod,

Yet every step revealed our God.

With healing hand and Gospel word,

Thy voice, though soft, was always heard.

 

Did they but feel Thy holy flame,

Before they knew Thy wondrous Name?

Or was it love, too pure to flee,

That drew them fast to follow Thee?

 

O call me, Lord, as Thou didst then,

Beside the sea, through dust and men.

I’ll cast my net no more for gold,

But follow Thee, brave, strong, and bold.

 

O Christ, if I had walked that shore,

Would I have dropped my life for more?

Yet now Thou call’st in Spirit’s breath,

And bids me rise from doubt and death.

 

Thy Galilee is here today,

Where’er Thy footsteps lead the way.

And I, though weak, shall not delay—

Thy voice still calls, I must obey.

 

O call me, Lord, as Thou didst then,

Beside the sea, through dust and men.

I’ll cast my net no more for gold,

But follow Thee, brave, strong, and bold.

 

Amen... Amen... I follow Thee.