George Krebbs

 Out of all the speakers we have had speak in Discipleship Making and Equipping, George Krebbs, for me, has been the deepest and most relatable speaker I have yet listened to. George Krebbs, like many, did not have a beginning with the Lord. He mentioned that his father had only been to church twice, that was his and his brother’s dedication as children. Growing up George faced some challenging experiences at a church he was invited to which involved him being laughed at because he didn’t know what a “scripture” was. This left a bad taste in George’s mouth, and It would be a while until he was back in a church once more.

Goerge explained how he got into drugs with this one particular friend, Pete. Pete left the school they were attending, and later returned, but not at all a druggy, but a Jesus-Freak. George expected him to be “pushy” with his newfound Christianity, but found the opposite. Later on, like many of such era, George was watching Billy Graham speaking about reading one’s bible. This spoke deeply to George, and George began just that. A while later George found himself in a church, and eventually being discipled by the head pastor (being that he liked his daughter). George exclaimed that it was the way the pastor lived that witnessed most to him. He was Christian inside the church and out.

Now, George has been serving the Lord for many years. George is also a fishing guide, and he likens his fishing talents the same as fishing for men.  What I enjoyed so much was his method in discipling. His method was not a “throw out the biggest net and see what you catch,” but a very much one-on-one disciplieship, often time spent with those he fished with. Numbers was not a big deal to George, only that single lost soul he was loving on, and working with. It was George’s method of discipleship that spoke to me so greatly, and also the testimony that he is facing now in his life with the battling of his wife and cancer. Any man that goes through such trials as one’s he is currently facing, and can still praise Jesus with the utmost honor has my deepest respect. Life is challenging, and he is moving through some of the most challenging trials.

It is the kind of man that George Krebbs is seen in his method of discipleship and his attitude now as he travels through some of the toughest roads anyone can know that make him one of the most genuine, true and God-fearing men I have listened to.