Jesus told the disciples that the harvest is ready but the workers are few. When we look around we see that there are few who even care about God. It seems like our world has fallen into the be all you can be and get all you can get mode. God has not only been replaced by material things, but He is almost never mentioned by anyone. We travel at such a rapid pace that we sometimes forget to stop and thank God for all that He has given us. The next thing that happens, is that the harvest passes by and is not harvested because we were just to busy. People will end up in hell because they have not turned to Jesus for salvation. Why? Because we were to busy or afraid to tell them.
Jeremiah; 8:20
("The harvest is past, The summer is ended, And we were not saved!")
When Jesus spoke of the harvest to the disciples, He was speaking of the spiritual harvest of souls for salvation.
Matthew; 9:37-38
(Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.")
When Jesus told them to pray, He was affirming the fact that believers' prayers participate in the fulfillment of God's plan. We as believers are suppose to be in the fields sowing the word of God to the unbelieving world. Maybe all we will do is sow the Word of God, and then someone else will come along and do the harvesting. Maybe you will harvest what someone else has sowed.
John; 4:36-37
(And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. For in this the saying is true: 'One sows and another reaps.')
The harvest is ripe and the reapers will one day come to gather all of the believers to be at home with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. At the present time there are two seeds here on earth, those who belong to Jesus and the tares who belong to the devil. We are to go out and witness, but Jesus is the one who saves a sinner. He alone can change a heart, He is the true sower of the salvation seed.
Matthew; 13:38
(The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one.)
At the harvest, Jesus will send out His angels to separate the tares.
Matthew; 13:41-42
(The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, and they will be cast into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.)
The next time you have an opportunity to witness for Jesus, remember that you might sow the seed, but someone else might harvest. Jesus wants us to spread the word anytime that we have a chance to do so. Our job is a laborer, Jesus will do the saving of the soul.
God Bless You!
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