Matthew 9:37-38
Yesterday was the national day of prayer; this is a (n) annual time/day when we are to go to the father with petitions and supplication united in lifting up one another unto Him… Many times we go to God in prayer when we are in need of a miracle, when we are in need of healing or we simply are seeking an answer… Jesus reminds us today that we should continually pray for the increase of labors in the vineyard of the Lord…Surely we can agree that there is a lot of wickedness in the world that we live in! One can simply look out of there windows to see kids having kids, the red and blue lights flashing throughout the night, and diseases spiraling out of control. There are many who have lost there sense of direction, there are many that have never known there direction, and there are many that have chosen the wrong direction. Whatever the case maybe, Jesus has declared to His disciples (us) in the gospel of Matthew that the harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few. We don’t need to seek an opportunity to witness; the opportunity presents itself everywhere we look… It is so easy to find evil in this world, but very hard to find good…
Jesus is telling us today to pray for people to take action, to stop living unfruitful lives and to turn to Him… This passage informs me of two things, one that there are a lot of souls to be saved and second, that there aren’t enough true laborers in the vineyard. Jesus said for us to pray for laborers. One of the biggest reasons that wickedness is continuing to rise in our societies is because we don’t have the commitment to witnessing from the church… Harvesting is more than just dropping a seed; it takes time, effort, and a sense of where to plant! This holds true to the fact that we must give the time in our societies, we must make an effort in our communities, and we must know when and where to plant the seeds of the gospel… For ever one good thing in this world just think of how many bad things you can think of… The harvest is plenteous because there are a ton of souls that are being lost, the harvest is plenteous because everywhere you turn a crop can be produced… What Jesus is saying today is that there will never be too many workers in the field, there will never be a day when a soul can be saved, a heart can’t be mended and a lost child can’t be found… What we also must learn today is that this harvest stretches beyond the comforts of our home or church, the field is bigger than what we can see or comprehend…
Believe it or not, but planting seeds doesn’t always occur in the church; in fact most seeds that were planted in the bible happened within the societies and communities that people lived in… Saul was on the Damascus road when his seed was planted, Jacob was fleeing his brother when his seed was planted, blind Bartimaeus was sitting on the side of the road when his seed was planted, all the disciples that Jesus called to follow Him were found outside the church (are you getting the point)… The church has lost this sense of belonging, we go to church Sunday morning, and then go back to our lives which revolve around our household and our jobs, where is our harvest, where are the seeds that we plant? There are many out there waiting to hear your witness, many that are yarning for a sense of direction and purpose and these people are waiting for the harvest to take affect, for the seeds to be planted within them… My first two years in high school my GPA was a .85! If it were not for my sister Sabriya stepping in and giving me a sense of direction, I would not have finished my last two years with a 3.41 GPA! Tell me where I would have been if it weren’t for her witness and stepping into my situation by faith… See often times we see the needs of those around us, but we fail to act to help… This is why Jesus is saying that we must pray to the Lord of the harvest… Pray to God that every day of your life can be a changing point in someone else’s, pray that you will be able to identify the lives that God has called you to touch and that you will impact those around you as a beacon light for the Lord, letting everyone know that you are a child of God… Your service to the Lord is not shown by how many times you go to church in a week; your service to the Lord will be called into account on Judgment Day when God ask you, “what have you done with the talents I gave you…”
ALL FOR HIS GLORY!
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