John 4:34-38
[34] Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work. [35] Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest. [36] Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. [37] For here the saying holds true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’ [38] I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”
Luke 10:2-3
[2] 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. [3] Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
I was listening to a Christian novel the other night and the main character was having a flashback. The main character, who is an atheist, was talking with his girlfriend (later wife) about what they believe in. She, being a devout Christian, tells him when you see all of this how can you not believe in someone or something greater than yourself. They say a few more lines and then he asks “That’s it? No more questions? Aren’t you supposed to try to save me?” How does the Christian respond? “That isn’t in my job description. God handles that part.” This is the lukewarm, apathetic, leave it all up to God Church we have become. God said He is the head and we are His body. Therefore, we are to go make disciples of all nations. Not Him. He did His part. He died on Golgotha. He rose on the third day. He ascended on high. Now, it’s up to us to witness. To plant seeds. To make disciples.
Yes, God draws them in, but how can He draw those whom have never heard? There’s little revival and expansion of the Church in the West because we put every single thing on God and take no responsibility ourselves. We don’t witness because God will draw them in. We don’t pray and seek because God will do it if He wants to and in His own time. We don’t spiritually fight for anything because of God has it for me, He’ll give it to me when He’s ready. We have become a passive, apathetic, weak, lazy body. Meanwhile those who will die if they spread the Word or Evangelize or witness to anyone about Christ willingly risk their lives in order to tell others about Jesus.
There’s a hunger there. A desire. An urgency. They yearn to grow the Kingdom of God for Christ because they understand the necessity of it. They understand the need for Jesus.
Today, take some time and reflect. Have you become lazy? Apathetic? Passive? Have you put everything on God instead of giving yourself some form of responsibility? Have you made a difference in the lives of those around you?
Scripture says the fields are ripe on to harvest, but the laborers are few. So, pray for more laborers. Jesus didn’t say pray for more people to get saved. He said pray that those who are already saved will begin to reap the harvest of the world because they are ready to bear. They are ready to receive Christ and God forgiveness, they just need someone to tell them. Someone to reap them.
Peace. Love. Go Forth and Begin To Harvest.