THE FISH IN THE RIVER

By Favour Ezuma

I had a little talk with a friend who kept insisting that it was not easy being a Christian in this world. She made seemingly good point ranging from academics to business, instigating that the good guys either end up on the track or finish last. Giving the insight to a colloquial talk about ‘a fish in the river,’ she said ‘how can a fish be in a river and not drink from that river? In the same vein, how can one be in the world and not do the things of the world? Things are changing if you don’t flow with it, you will be regarded as old school.’

I nearly fell for her trick, but then I remembered I heard a man of God describing the fighting character of the fish. He said, ‘you will never see a fish being carried aimlessly along with the current of the waves. if you ever saw a fish riding on the waves, flowing in the same direction as the wave, then what you are looking at is a DEAD FISH’

Yes!!! A live fish always swims against the current. So if you share the same school of thought as my friend did, then… yes!! Exactly what it - you are a ‘dead fish’, a dead Christian.

The bible gives a warning ‘beware of the last days, the love of many will wax old, men shall be lovers themselves and haters of God. The man of God continued, saying that as the central bone of the fish grows stronger, the harder it has to swim against the current.

Akin to this, we as living Christians are to grow stronger in the faith in the midst of the very obvious moral decadence in the world today. No matter how strong that temptation might be, stand! Hold on to your position in Christ, hold on to the word of God and run with it. Swim against the immoral current of perverse world. God is your strength!