"'Come follow me,' Jesus said, 'and I will make you fishers of men.' At once th

Most of us consider our means of livelihood too important to walk away from, and Jesus didn't intend to teach us to despise the work of our hands. But he did ask these fishermen to join him in working for higher causes than material ones. No labor or industrial pursuit is worthy for its own sake. These are significant only as they serve the supreme and eternal value of persons.