37 Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; 38 therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” ~ Matthew 9:37-38
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. ~ John 4:35
There’s a term Christians use that I’m really not a fan of, and it’s the term abomination. It’s like it’s an arsenal for attack to make sure that one sinner knows how much more of a sinner they are than all other sinners. Like, look how much God hates this sin above all other sins. When in reality, the word abomination is used to describe multiple sins in the Bible, not just same-sex relations.
When we try to isolate sin and rate it as more evil than another based on our own opinions and feelings, that is when we begin to misuse Scripture to cause hurt or harm to another. When we do this, shame and self-hatred begin to consume others. Identity begins to be destroyed, and a lot of times it causes great division between them, God, and the Church. Our goal is to change lives for the better. Our mission is to win souls for Christ. Not to burn the fields, but to harvest them.
The fields are white onto harvest. Their hearts are yearning for the Truth. So many are seeking and never finding because we, as the Church, as the body of Christ, do not do our job as followers of Christ.
Peace. Love. Go Forth and Don’t Burn The Harvest.