This may all sound very idealistic to us. After all, the sea wasn’t going to run out of fish and there were no fisherman bosses who were going to block their reentry to the profession after their unpaid leave with Jesus. But the story forces us to ask important questions. Do we let our work control us to such a degree that we don’t even notice when God comes through with a new opportunity? Do we get our “big catch”—a year-end bonus or next new job—and immediately start focusing on the prospect of the next bigger one? How can we have any freedom from the temptations of work and still keep our
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