Matthew 9:37 – 38
Then he said to his disciples, The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.
The harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few. I think that we need to let the words of Jesus sink into our spirit. There are so many people who do not know Jesus and there are so many people who are in need of the gospel. We cannot ever think that the opportunity is not there but we must look at our willingness to labor. We need laborers! When it comes to spiritual labor we have to believe that part of that laboring is prayer. We have to be a people who are willing to pray and work towards seeing others brought to Jesus. When we know that Jesus is the only one to save man then we know that our evangelism must be cloaked in earnest prayer.
Jesus tells His disciples to pray earnestly for more laborers. Not only do we want the harvest but we need more people who are willing to labor in prayer and in work to see the harvest come in. I think we need to listen to the words of Jesus and not only be laborers but pray for more. It is very important for us to pray earnestly in this fast for the people who do not know Christ, and for more people to develop a love that motivates them to labor for the harvest.
Questions to think about:
1. Are you laboring in prayer and action?
2. What holds you back from laboring in prayer and action?
