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HOW to CATCH MANY FISH - a Dream
by Irvin L. Rozier

"Come after me and I will make you fishers of men." (Mk 1.17)

One night as I was sleeping, I had an intensely clear dream. I had
been meditating on the above scripture before I went to sleep. In
my dream, I was driving down a straight and narrow dirt road. I
passed by a stagnant pond and there with cane fishing poles were
a couple of preachers I knew. The water they were fishing in was
scum covered and dirty looking, and the hole they were fishing in
was small.

I shouted to them from the road, "Come on! Go with me, I'm going
to a really big lake to fish!" They replied, "NO! We are content
fishing here; we catch one once in awhile."

As I drove down that narrow road, I observed small stagnant ponds
all along the way. People were standing on the banks trying to
catch fish. At each pond site, I would stop and ask the fishermen
to come with me. The answer was always the same, "NO, we're
content here. It's easy fishing, the banks of the pond are clean
and even though the water is stagnant, we still catch one once in awhile."

I drove on down the road until it ended. In front of me was an old
farm house surrounded by a weather beaten picket fence. An
elderly man and woman were sitting on the front porch in their
rocking chairs. When they saw me drive up, they got up and
walked down the short pathway to the picket fence gate. The
elderly gentleman spoke and said, "Sir, you can't go any further
until you wrestle with that big old fish that is down in the well." I
could clearly see the well. It was an old open style well built of
bricks about five feet high and six feet in diameter. It had an iron
grate covering the top. I went to the back of my truck, pulled out a
heavy fishing line, and a gigantic hook. On the hook I placed a
huge piece of meat. As I began to lower the bait in the well, I felt
the Spirit of the LORD come on me. I also felt the presence of
great evil. Well, I hooked that big old rascal and commenced the
battle to bring him out of the well. The whole time I was fighting
this fish, I was saying, "Help me Jesus, help me Jesus." I finally
brought the great fish out of the water and tied off my line.

The ancient man and woman were watching the entire battle. When
it was over, the man spoke and said, "Okay, you can go on behind
the house now." I went behind the house, and O my what a sight!
The clearest, bluest water (even better than Hawaii where I lived for
three years) I had ever laid my eyes on. The beach was covered
with clean white sand and there waiting for me was a top of the
line fishing boat. As I drove off slowly in that boat, big, beautiful
fish started jumping in the boat until it was about to sink! I then
woke from my sleep and asked the LORD the meaning of this dream.

The LORD responded to me and said, "The road is the straight and
narrow path that leadeth to life. Few find it. The stagnant ponds
and fishermen represent the churches of today. They are content
with their own little place and don't want to venture out to the
unknown. The old fish in the well represents Satan who you will
have to wrestle with if you want to catch much fish. The lake full
of fish represents the world. The harvest is ripe but the laborers
are few. Because you fought with and prevailed over Satan, you
will be one of my expert fishermen and I will provide the way and
open the doors."

As the LORD spoke these words of wisdom and encouragement to
me, I was greatly encouraged and strengthened for the work He
had appointed me to do.

Luke 5, verses 6, 7 "And when they had this done, they inclosed
a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake. And they beckoned
unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should
come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so
that they began to sink."

I had this dream in late 1987. Since that time, the LORD has used
me greatly to "catch much fish". I have had many battles with the
enemy, yet the LORD has always strengthened me and provided
what I needed.