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SCRIPTURE
OPENING
The covid pandemic caused a major disruption in America’s labor force.
In 2021, more than 47 million workers quit their jobs.
This has been referred to as The Great Resignation.
This has led to a labor shortage epidemic in America and across the globe, especially in areas like food service and hospitality.
But the job market in the US is not the only place where there is a labor shortage problem.
There is also a labor shortage in the Kingdom of God.
There is a crop in the field that is ready to be harvested.
The problem is that there is a shortage of laborers.
Jesus recognized it during His earthly ministry.
And the same problem still remains today.
The fields are white.
The harvest is plentiful.
But where are the laborers?
Where are the workers in the Kingdom?
I want you to do something for me this morning.
Everyone stand to you feet.
Now I want you to turn around and place your hand on the seat of the pew behind you where you were just sitting.
Do you feel the warmth that has been created from you sitting there?
I want you to know this morning, that increasing the temperature of the pew you sit on is not your contribution to the Kingdom of God!
God has not called you to warm pews!
God has called you to the Kingdom for such a time as this!
God has called you out into the harvest!
God has called you to find somebody who doesn’t know Jesus and tell them all about Him.
God has called you to find somebody who is sick and pray for their healing in the name of Jesus!
God has called you to find somebody who is bound by demonic oppression and set them free through the power of Jesus Christ!
God has called you to find somebody who is in need and lend them a helping hand!
There is an old saying, “Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but nobody wants to die.”
Well, I’ve got another thought for you this morning.
“Nobody wants to see anybody go to Hell, but why isn’t everybody working to harvest souls for the Kingdom of God?” We sing, “I want us to be together in Heaven,” but are we doing anything to help lead anyone else there?
This morning I want to talk about five things related to the Harvest:
The Field of the Harvest,
The Focus of the Harvest
The Fullness of the Harvest,
The Failure in the Harvest, and
The Future of the Harvest.
MESSAGE
The Field of the Harvest
During Jesus’ earthly ministry, He spent most of His time with those in need.
He didn’t spend most of His time in the synagogue or the Temple.
He didn’t spend most of His time in the palaces of Kings.
He spent most of His time in the streets and the outskirts of town where the sick and the lame were gathered.
He spent most of His time having dinner with tax collectors and sinners.
He spent most of His time sharing the Gospel with prostitutes and adulterers.
That doesn’t sound like the makings of a very successful ministry strategy for today does it?
We could probably go to the Bible Book Store, if there are any left, and find at least a handful of books about ministry strategies.
How to build a bigger church.
How to increase your influence.
How to be a better leader.
I’m sure there is some good stuff in there, but let me just say that most modern ministry strategies don’t match Jesus’ ministry.
And shouldn’t we be trying to imitate Jesus?
And what did Jesus do?
Well if you look back in the preceeding couple chapters in Matthew and look forward to the beginning of chapter 10, Jesus demonstrated how to minister and invade people’s lives with the Kingdom of God.
He showed us how to gather in the harvest of souls.
What did Jesus do?
Jesus preached the Gospel,
Jesus healed the sick,
Jesus cast out devils, and
Jesus showed compassion to those in need.
Jesus didn’t wait for people to find the Kingdom.
He went out into the field of the world and brought the Kingdom of God to them.
Have you ever seen a butter bean pod break itself off from the plant, walk across the field, open the door, climb up on the counter, shell itself, and jump in a boiling pot of water?
No, that’s nonsense right?
So what makes us think sinners are just going to come out of the world, find their way to a church building, walk inside, lay down all their sins, and jump in the water and baptize themselves?
We have been called to “go into all the world and preach the Gospel.”
We have been called to reach them where they are at.
We are to take the message and the power of the Gospel with us wherever we go.
Let me ask you this question this morning: “Who Will Go?” Who is willing to go out into the field and work in the Lord’s harvest?
The Focus of the Harvest
Jesus saw people where they were at and He had compassion on them.
He saw beyond their condition.
He saw beyond their outward appearance.
He looked beyond their failures and He saw their heart.
He saw their soul.
Verse 36 says that Jesus had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd.
They were wandering aimlessly.
They had no one to lead them or guide them in the right direction.
And Jesus had compassion and reached out to them in love.
And He did more than just heal them or deliver them from demonic oppression, He totally revolutionized their lives.
He didn’t just heal their body or provide them a meal, He gave them an opportunity to have eternal life.
That’s what it is all about!
My prayer today is for the Lord to give us the right focus.
Help us to see like Jesus sees.
God give us your heart for lost humanity.
God, give us your eyes so that we can see like You.
The lyrics to the song says:
Give me Your eyes for just one second
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Everything that I’ve been missing
Give me Your love for humanity
Give me your arms for the broken hearted
The ones that are far beyond my reach
Give me Your heart for the ones forgotten
Give me your eyes so I can see
Let me ask you again: “Who Will Go?” Who is willing to say, “Lord, give me Your eyes.
Give me your compassion.
Give me Your heart?”
The Fullness of the Harvest
In Verse 37, Jesus said, “the harvest, truly, is plentiful.”
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