“No man can come to Me except the Father who has sent Me draw him, and I will raise him up at the last day” (John 6:44).

Draw (Def.): (Gr.): Helkuo: To drag, to take for oneself, prefer, choose

The Father’s Draw, His taking for Himself, His choosing, that which He prefers, that which He captures in His Net of the Spirit and drags to Jesus, the Son. Such was the case with Saul of Tarsus, who was apprehended (cf. Philippians 3:12), or caught up in the Father’s Net and brought to Christ on the road to Damascus.

We don’t often think of God, our Father as a Fisherman. Our image is as a Father, a Husbandman, a Husband, a King, a Shepherd, along with numerous other images, but a Fisherman? Jesus gave us a clue to this identity when He said to His Disciples:

“Follow Me and I will make you fishers of men” (Matthew 4:19).

This calling as fishermen requires us to be continually about out nets, keeping them clean, repaired and ready for use. Being ready to be sent out into the great waters to catch men.

“Jesus said to them, ‘Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and you shall find’. They cast, therefore, and now they were not able to draw (helkuo) it for the multitude of fish” (John 21:6).

This catching of “the multitude of fish” was as a great revival breaking out in the land, a great awakening of the people to be drawn to Jesus. The movement of the Spirit allows the Father’s draw to catch many souls for the Kingdom of God.

“And the other Disciples came in a little ship. . .dragging the net with fish” (John 21:8).

“Jesus said to them, ‘Bring of the fish you have caught'”. “Come and dine” (John 21:10,12).

With all the toiling all night the Disciples caught nothing; but, at the command of the Lord they caught more fish than the net could hold (cf. John 21:3,6). Our works produce nothing, but The Father’s Draw brings forth in abundance and all is brought to the Son.

Job declared in his distress, ‘Know now that God has overthrown me, and has compassed me with His net'”. (Job 19:6).

Being taken up in the Father’s draw is an overthrowing of our old life and environment, to experiencing an overwhelming encompassing of God by the Holy Spirit. We experience a drawing in unto and a drawing into the Life of Christ, the Son. Being caught up in the net is the critical moment when we either surrender to Him, or fight to escape Him and to go back to our former way of life (cf. II Peter 2:22).

The Father’s Draw is expressed in the Parable of the Kingdom of Heaven:

“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and gathered of every kind, which when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. So shall it be at the end of the world; the angels shall come forth and sever the wicked from among the just and shall cast them into the furnace of fire, there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth” (Matthew 13:47-50).

Have you experienced God’s net? Have you been apprehended, caught up and overwhelmed? Taken from your former lifestyle and transplanted in a new environment of the Spirit? Your Heavenly Father is calling you. This is your critical moment. It is time to surrender. Let the Father’s draw, drag you to Jesus. Fall at His feet, worship the Son, the Lord, your Savior, your King.

This is true Love. This is Goodness. This is mercy. This is Grace.

Follow on to know Jesus for you, too, are now called to be a fisher of men.

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