In Matthew 9:37\u201138, Jesus tells us the key to a great harvest of many people is to ask for more workers. The more we ask, the more workers. The more workers, the greater the harvest. It\u2019s a simple equation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.<\/em><\/strong> Ask the Lord of the harvest , therefore, to send out workers into His harvest field\u201d<\/em><\/strong> Matthew 9:37\u201138<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n But to shed more light on this equation it\u2019s important to go back in time to when Jesus first uttered these words to His disciples. He actually said this to them on two different occasions, repeating Himself to them and to us for emphasis (Matt. 9:37-38; Luke 10:2). When these words were spoken there was only Jesus and His few disciples facing the entire world population. My question is simple. Where did they expect the answer to come from. When they heard Jesus tell them to ask the Lord for more workers, in their mind, what would be the source of these workers? The workers for the harvest must come from the harvest. There can be no other intent in the mind of Jesus or His disciples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Today many church leaders use these words to challenge believers to get out of the pews and into the fields. But there is a problem with this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reality is that the Church has created the above problem and even if it sets out to rectify it (which should be attempted) it usually has limited success. People usually only buy into something once. Unless we look at Matthew 9:37\u201138 the same way that Jesus and his disciples did and obey what Jesus commanded us to do in Matthew 28:19-20, we will see little positive outcomes into the future. But, if we see that the bulk of future workers will come from the harvest as we make disciple in the harvest, then we will see a Church that is Good News to those without hope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In Matthew 9:37\u201138, Jesus tells us the key to a great harvest of many people is to ask for more workers. The more we ask, the more workers. The more workers, the greater the harvest. It\u2019s a simple equation. “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest , […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n