 Jesus prayed for more labourers in the harvest field – more disciples who would take seriously the call on each disciple’s life to “seek and save the lost” (Luke 19:10). The reason for this is that the harvest will not and never can self-reap. But, it will self-destruct if not reaped.
It is time as disciples of the Lord to get back to His heartbeat – our assignment, our identity, as labourers in the harvest. It is time to connect everything we do to a soul. It is time that winning the lost was central to everything we do – prayer, equipping, ; lifestyle (how we live), life-choices (for example, which job we take and where), and what our expectations are – including our plans for the future as a local church.
If you are planting the right seeds, you should have a harvest. What farmer plants seed and doesn’t look for harvest? So, if there is no harvest then either you are planting wrong seeds, not planting seeds at all, or are failing to look at the soil into which you are planting your seed. Harvest is the natural outcome of good labourers in the farm field. Jesus said we are fishers of men – so if you are fishing and catching nothing (no harvest) then either you need to fish in a different spot, change your bait, or study the feeding habits of the fish you want to catch and make whatever adjustments are needed.
Everything we do as disciples should be invested in people’s eternity. At your local church, you must try and connect everything to a lost soul so it gives purpose to your activities. We need, as a church, to be eternally focused – not internally or externally but eternally focused. And then everything wee do will have that resonance of heaven in it.
So, lift up your eyes and see that the harvest is ready and ripe … and then tell the Lord, like Isaiah, “Here am I Lord, send me” (Isaiah 6).
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