John 4:35 "Say ye not, there are yet four months and then cometh harvest? Behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest."
There are thousands, maybe I would even say most, that have no vision or knowledge of this need. As a nation of churches we spend and send millions, possibly billions on world wide missions year after year, and yet the fields look as if they haven't even been touched.
When was the last time you saw a harvest in your area? I'm not talking about one or two getting saved (anytime anyone gets saved it is a wonderful thing, so please don't misunderstand me.) One or two getting saved is like going to an orange grove with thousands of orange trees that are ripe and ready to pick, then going home with two or three oranges.
I think we have become a nation of churches that are nothing more than pleasure pickers. We see the harvest, and we pick a few pieces of the fruit, but only for our own consumption. When we do this we do a disservice to the rest of the fruit that needs and long to be harvested. That's why we need to be about father's business, as well as praying that he would send forth more laborers into HIS harvest.
Our world today needs some Christians (my self included) to become more than just pleasure pickers. May we work together to become harvesters for the cause of Christ and actually see some progress in the fields of our areas. Let's get to work.
There are thousands, maybe I would even say most, that have no vision or knowledge of this need. As a nation of churches we spend and send millions, possibly billions on world wide missions year after year, and yet the fields look as if they haven't even been touched.
When was the last time you saw a harvest in your area? I'm not talking about one or two getting saved (anytime anyone gets saved it is a wonderful thing, so please don't misunderstand me.) One or two getting saved is like going to an orange grove with thousands of orange trees that are ripe and ready to pick, then going home with two or three oranges.
I think we have become a nation of churches that are nothing more than pleasure pickers. We see the harvest, and we pick a few pieces of the fruit, but only for our own consumption. When we do this we do a disservice to the rest of the fruit that needs and long to be harvested. That's why we need to be about father's business, as well as praying that he would send forth more laborers into HIS harvest.
Our world today needs some Christians (my self included) to become more than just pleasure pickers. May we work together to become harvesters for the cause of Christ and actually see some progress in the fields of our areas. Let's get to work.
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