Workers

“He said to his disciples, “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.”Matthew‬ ‭9‬:‭37‬-‭38‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Jesus actually said this. Do we believe there is a need? Do we pray for workers? I know I didn’t for a long time, until asked by a missionary friend who needed workers. Then I began to pray.

If we do not believe there is a need, why not? Perhaps it is because we do not understand the harvest principle. During COVID Australia could not allow in the usual islanders to harvest, and the crops were ruined. There was ripe harvest and yet there were no workers. 

Why did Jesus say to pray for harvesters? Was He making a point that there were people who would believe if they heard the gospel? Yes! He saw the crowd of people coming to hear Him and He had compassion on them and then said the above verse.

Compassion on the crowd causes us to pray. Perhaps we could ask the Holy Spirit for His heart and where to pray. This would be a good start. My friend is a missionary in India and he asked as he has compassion on the lost there. He said, “an Indian does every two minutes, please pray for workers to help bring the gospel”. I can pray, you can pray. Let us pray together. Amen!