The Harvest

Luke 10:2 Then He said to them, The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray to the Lord of the harvest that He may send forth laborers into His harvest.

This is one of my favorite Bible verses. It to me tells of the need for Evangelism. So many people (the harvest) that need to hear the message of God’s saving Grace (the seed) and so few that understand in their heart the need to deliver it (the laborers). The God’s Love Outreach Ministry has understood this more than ever over the past few years. Even though it was founded in the later part of 2003, its real impact has only been understood recently.

I truly believe our human aspect always makes us look for the truly bigger picture as they say, rather than the child like answer that God is trying to get across to us. Possibly this could be a reason that as Christians we understand the message (the seed) and to each of us have trouble, grasping in our own minds, His saving Grace. So if we are still having this trouble, how can we (the laborers) tell someone else (the harvest)? What about the fear, that we might sound, Holier than thou? Oh yes, what about the rejection part? No one is ever excited about that!

What I have experienced as more and more I (a laborer) pursue spreading the message (the seed), it is more important to think of it as a tiny seed that I am planting. God will take care of the watering and nurturing part. I love the saying, “Be ye fishers of men, you catch them, He’ll clean them!” In the Book of Psalms it states, in chapter 22 verse 30 A seed shall serve Him; it shall be spoken of Jehovah to the coming generation. I believe this seed is the message (Seeds for Christ). How can the non-believers (the harvest) know of Him if we (the laborers) don’t speak and demonstrate through our daily lives what it is to be Christ-like? In the Bible 1John 5:10 He who believes on the Son of God has the witness in himself. He who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he does not believe the record that God gave of His Son. This confirms that to me.

This is also a powerful verse, 1John 4:9 In this the love of God was revealed in us, because God sent His only begotten Son into the world that we might live through Him. Praise God for that wonderful message of Salvation and Grace!

One time I was listening to Joyce Meyer a wonderful Evangelist say, “If at the end of my life I find out I was wrong then I have lost nothing, but if at the end I find out I was right, and I know that I am, the non-believers have lost everything!”

May each of you that read this understand how blessed we are that we now have this in us and may we find the boldness that we release the Holy Spirit to work though us because my friends, “It is harvest time!”

From God’s heart, to mine, to yours,

Ed Shagott