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The Lord of The Harvest

As we move further into the season of fall perhaps our minds turn to thoughts of the holidays, to Thanksgiving and to times with family and friends. The memories that we make with those closest in our lives will be the most precious in times to come. We were made for connection with each other and with the Lord. God designed us this way because He is wired this way Himself. The Bible says:

… he who loveth God loves his brother also. 1 John 4:21

God wants us all to be family. But you should know that God draws the circle of His family much larger than we often do. For our heavenly Father the world is filled with His children, filled with His sons and daughters no matter where they live or even how wayward they might be. Our heavenly Father sees in each soul an infinite potential of interactions, connections, and moments. And yet God also knows that not every son and daughter of Adam will live to experience the joys of heaven. And so God is forever thinking of ways to bring His children into the fold: to gather them unto Himself. God wants to gather the harvest.

The Bible tells us that here is indeed a great harvest of people to be gathered into His kingdom but the laborers are few. There are not enough workers to recognize the people that are responding to the Lord. And so what are we to do? The answer comes from Jesus who explains:

Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. Matthew 9:38

It is the Lord of the harvest that will inspire and send the workers into the fields. But we are told to pray that our heavenly father will send these workers. For we know that it is:

…Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ saith the Lord of hosts. Zechariah 4:6

It is God that gives the increase. It is our heavenly Father that provides both the souls for salvation and the workers to bring in the sheaves. And so while we pray for the souls that are

perishing let us also pray for the soul’s that are serving. Let us let the Lord anoint the men and women, boys and girls that will finish the great work that we have before us. Will you lift up the laborers to the Lord of the harvest so that the family of God will grow?


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