And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. (Luke 10:2; also Matthew 9:38)
1. There is still a great harvest of souls to be won.
2. There is a perennial lack of laborers. (This infers that God seeks and uses laborers, election does not mitigate such a need, but assures its success!)
3. The Lord does the sending of missionaries.
4. It seems we believers must first pray for God to send, even before volunteering to go!
5. It is always God’s harvest, not ours.
In my years of hearing and preaching missionary messages, most seemed to revolve around Great Commission challenges. And, of course, who can gainsay such an emphasis? Still, as Jesus himself gave the above command, somehow this too must enter into our philosophy of missions. Through international media coverage and the internet, we see the world more easily today than ever. The immensity of the need is astounding. So it is a boon to our soul to know that we may, indeed must, call upon God to send out those into the world to harvest his crop.
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