Fishermen, Not Philosophers
You would have overlooked them. Everyone did.
They weren’t boldfaced names or synagogue favorites. They were the kind of men who smelled like fish and kept their heads down. Hands calloused. Speech rough. And yet these were the ones Jesus walked toward.
Andrew, who always stayed in the shadow of his brother. The kind of man history forgets but Heaven remembers.
Simon, impulsive and loud. A man who would swing a sword before he understood the cost. A man who failed spectacularly, and still got renamed Rock.
Philip, quiet. Observant. We don’t know much. Maybe that’s the point.
Nathanael, whose first instinct was suspicion. A man too honest to flatter. Too thoughtful to fake belief. The kind of man who sat under fig trees and wrestled with prophecy.
And John, the writer. He never says, “It was me.” But you can feel it in every line. This is not history. This is heart.
The Question That Split Them Open
John the Baptist saw Jesus walking and said just loud enough to be overheard, “Behold the Lamb of God.”
That sentence bent history.
Andrew and John followed. Not metaphorically. They literally followed Him down the road.
And then it happened. Jesus turned.
The first words of Christ in John’s Gospel aren’t thundering commands. Not parables. Not rebukes. A question:
What are you seeking?
No pretense. No show. Just two men suddenly laid bare.
And they didn’t know what to say.
“Where do you live?” they mumbled. Because when your soul gets searched, the mouth scrambles to catch up.
But what they meant was: Can we stay? Can we sit with You? Can we sort this out where no one else is watching?
Jesus said, “Come and see.”
Not come and perform. Not come and change. Just come.
They stepped inside nameless and unsure. They left known, named, and never the same.
The Rush to Tell Someone
The moment they walked out, they ran.
Andrew found Simon. Breathless.
“We’ve found the Messiah.”
Simon came. Jesus looked at him, and the look wasn’t casual. It was piercing.
“You are Simon. You shall be called Cephas”
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