Sportsmen's Devotional - What's Inside?

Verse:“...the Father judges no one, but has appointed all judgement to the Son.” John 5:22

Thoughts:  

   This past weekend, I had a chance to go to Canada to do some perch fishing through the ice.  Man, did we have a great time and were the fish ever hitting - 390 fish in three days to sort through! But, what we learned from our outfitter was that almost all the perch we were going to catch were females getting ready to spawn.  So with hearing that, I was curious as to what percent of the fish we took home were actually females.  

      I ended up bringing home 79 perch, so as I was filleting them, I kept track of how many were  females. As I opened them up, I kept finding  one sack of eggs after another.  At the end of my

cleaning, 79 out of 79 were females.  Pretty amazing!

Action Point:

      I thought that was fascinating, but you know how I found that out?  I opened them up to see what was inside.  Someday, when our days here on Earth are complete, we are going to stand before Jesus, and he’s going to ‘open us up’ too.  He’ll know everything we ever did - the good, the bad, the ugly,

the fake, the humble - all of it.  Don’t ever forget that the way we live our lives matters, not only now, but for eternity.  None of us are righteous by ourselves - only Jesus can take care of that for us. But, hopefully, through a life of seeking His ways, we can stand before him, knowing that what people saw on the outside was an authentic reflection of what was on the inside. 

Sportsman’s Tip of the Day:   

     Some outfitters like a tip after their service, and others just include it in the price. Find out what the expectation is before you go with any outfitter you might work with.