Therefore said He unto them, The harvest is great, but laborers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He will send forth laborers into His harvest. Luke 10:2
The great challenge tells us:
There is a great harvest before us. Jesus said it took in the whole world! Jesus also said that his heart ached for that harvest. (Matthew 9:36-38). God the Father valued this harvest so much that He gave His only begotten Son so as to bring it in. (John 3:16). Somehow, dear friend, we are going to have to do something so we see that vast harvest as our Lord sees it. (Matthew 23:37-39).
The harvest is ready now. On a farm there is no vacation at harvest time, just the opposite, you get up early and work late( except on Sunday). There is usually an urgency about it. Jesus tells us that the harvest time for souls is right now, this day, we must not wait a minute. Listen to Jesus, "Say not ye, there are yet four months and then cometh the harvest", don't dally around but bring in the lost, the time is now. (John 4:35; II Corinthians 6:2) We must work now!
The harvest needs workers. It sure won't come in by itself. The harvest is like a lost sheep ( Isaiah 53:6) and believe me; they never come in by themselves! But the tragedy of it all is that God has many children, but not very many laborers. So Jesus says, "The harvest is truly plenteous, but the laborers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest." (Matthew 9:37,38). Every one of us needs to be listening. Jesus is calling us to do help in the harvest but we are too busy with the trinkets of this world to bring the eternal soul of the lost.
Some ways we can help bring in the harvest. For one thing we can tell others Jesus saved our soul, what He has done for us. The maniac of Gadara was saved, and he immediately wanted to leave all and follow Jesus and bring in the harvest. (Mark 5:18-20). The woman of Samaria, who had a string of past husbands and was now shacked up with some jerk, found Christ and went back into the city, told her story of redemption and started a revival! (John 4:28.29). Listen and I'll bet you will hear a still, small voice saying, Help Me with the harvest. If you obey, you will be blessed to the depth of your heart. Tell others. Pray like crazy. Give like crazy too, and watch the harvest come in!
Let's labor for the KING!