Jesus feels love and compassion for the lost. He highlights in Matthew 9:35-38 the need for people who are willing to serve God and take the message of gospel to people throughout the world.
35 Jesus traveled through all the towns and villages of that area, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed every kind of disease and illness. 36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 He said to his disciples, “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. 38 So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.”
Clearly today we see the same confusion and helplessness in people around the world. They are striving for something to fulfill them… to guide them. All too often even those who have heard the message of Christ turn instead to what the world tells them… make money, accumulate things, gather power for yourself… then you will be satisfied.
To dedicate yourself to God’s work means you often give up these things. Instead of earthly desires, you must find your joy in serving the Lord through difficult circumstances. People will mock you and persecute you. In many places throughout the world, people will even kill Christians for their faith.
There is indeed much need and not enough workers. Pray with us that the Lord would send more workers to help bring people to faith in Him through Christ Jesus. Pray that He would draw the workers close to Him so they would bring the full and true gospel and not one which is diluted by man in an attempt to avoid offending someone or trying to please someone. Pray YHWH’s people would “unleash the lion” of the gospel in all its power.
If our Father is calling you to be a worker in the harvest… obey His call wholeheartedly and ask Him for His strength and courage to answer boldly.
Not every worker has to be a pastor or missionary. Many can be called to help in neighborhoods and families and work places around them. Pray too that He would develop each of us and help us to be effective workers in the harvest as well. Let us not just rely on others but step up and fill the role ourselves as well.
Pray the Lord would show you where you can start helping with the harvest or begin preparing so you will be ready soon.
Shalom
Devotion by John in service to Christ
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