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Called to the Harvest
Posted by Jamison Jones
The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few.—Luke 10:2
Things haven’t changed much in 2,000 years. Jesus observed in His day what a thoughtful Christian observes in ours. “The harvest truly is great” (Lk. 10:2).
Stroll through a bookstore and you can see shelves of books on “new age” and “spirituality.” But what is called “new age” is merely the age-old desire to make some sense out of life. Citizens of our age try to satisfy their thirst for significance by drinking too much, eating too much, watching too much television. What they are longing for is Jesus Christ.
The great theologian Augustine took the pulse of his time and ours when he wrote, “O Lord, You have made us for Yourself, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in You.”
The harvest has never been greater. But Jesus noted, “The laborers are few.” But, why? Why aren’t there enough workers to gather in the crop? Perhaps it is in a fear that people will reject us and our message? Maybe it’s that we feel inadequate to take on this awesome task. Jesus said in Acts 1:8 that He would give us the power needed to reach our world when we are filled with the Holy Ghost! You are more than able to fulfill this awesome mission!
Go out into the “fields” of your neighborhood, your worksite, your school. You can’t control the response—but you can preach this life-changing message and offer hope to a dying world!