“Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” Matthew 9:38 NIV
We can pray. When we begin to see people as Jesus sees them then we will pray for the harvest. We will pray for the salvation of the lost, for the church to be trainers of reapers, and for men and women to go out to the harvest. We will pray for workers, labourers, servers and givers. But, we must do more than pray. We can go. When we see people as Jesus sees them, we will go out to the harvest. We can’t bring in the harvest without first going out to the harvest. Our job is not to save the harvest – that is God’s work. Our job is to tell people about the Lord of the harvest. The gospel begins with go! Without going there is no knowing. If we don’t go, who will? We can share our story. The great sin of the church is the sin of silence. People often say, “I’ll let my life be my witness.” By the way, if you are saying that, how is that going? How many people have come to Christ because they’ve watched your life? We have taken the Great Commission and made it into the great omission. A subtle false teaching says we can be evangelical without being evangelistic. It has us believe that we go to church rather than going into the world. But, we say, there are so many people. The harvest is so vast. The needs are so overwhelming. What can I do? When we begin to see people as Jesus sees people, it makes all the difference. When we see people as Jesus sees people, it will cause us to take responsibility – to pray, to go out and tell people about Jesus.
PRAYER THOUGHT
Lord Jesus, empower us afresh to pray, to go out and tell others about You.
PRAYER FOR TODAY
Lord Jesus, as we begin to see people as You see them, it will cause us to take responsibility, to pray, to go out and tell others about You. AMEN
I.B.R.A. Readings
Job 10:8-12
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