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*“A Summons to Prayer”*
Matthew 9:35-38
June 18th, 2006
Paul Van Maaren
Senior Pastor
Faith Reformed Church, Lynden, Washington
I want to remind you of where we’ve been.
Prayer is the hot topic or our conversation.
And specifically in three ways.
First, the intimacy of the relationship between the prayer and the Lord.
Then the tools to get us prepared to pray.
And finally praying by the book.
That’s where we’ve been.
Here’s where we’re going.
The question is this.
What do we pray for?
Jesus has an answer for us as a body of his followers.
Of all the thins we each pray for here’s one we cay pray together.
Oh, but before that, will you please pray with me.
Father, may your word be our rule;
Your Spirit our teacher;
And the glory of Jesus our single concern,
In whose name we pray.
Amen
Listen to these words from the book that we love.
/Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness.
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.
Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field."/
This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God. Amen.
So, Jesus is visiting every little town and backwoods village of the Jews.
He’s going to all the off the map places.
Doing 3 things.
Teaching in their churches.
Preaching the great news of the kingdom of God and of his reign on earth.
And healing every disease and sickness.
From tummy aches to tuberculosis.
And bruised knees to blind eyes.
Jesus is healing.
Jesus is teaching.
And Jesus is preaching.
If we look with a wider angle lens on this scripture we see Jesus doing these awesome things.
He’s healing a paralytic.
Calling Matthew, a tax collector, to be one of his disciples.
A “sinner” by the peoples definition.
And hanging out with him.
Jesus is teaching about fasting.
He’s healing a woman with bleeding.
He’s raising a young girl from the dead.
He’s healing blind and mute men.
Jesus is teaching, preaching, and healing.
In every town and backwoods; off the map kind of place.
Why?
Because when he saw those people.
He was moved with compassion because the people were distressed and dejected.
Made fun of and moaning.
Harassed and helpless.
And there is no better simile or metaphor to describe it.
The crowds of people were /like sheep without a shepherd./
It reminds me of the people who don’t or won’t say /The Lord is my shepherd./
People who don’t hear the shepherds call.
People in the /valley of the shadow of death/ who don’t know where to go.
Or who to turn to.
People who have a hard time thinking.
Or a hard time praying.
And a hard time seeing.
And in the midst of all this Jesus turns to his disciples and says, “Hey fellas.
Look around you.
There is plenty of harvest to be done.
People need to know me and my love.
People are sick and the Father wants them well.
People are dying.
People are harassed by demons.
There is plenty to be reaped for God.
But not many don’t.
So here’s what I want you to do.
Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out people to work in his harvest field.
And after.
Jesus gives his disciples authority and sends them out.
Instructing them on what to do.
So the question is.
What do we pray for?
Jesus said it.
/"The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.
Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field."/
This is a prayer.
/the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field./
Of all the things to bring to the throne of God’s grace.
Jesus gives us one here.
/the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field./
Its not the only prayer that Jesus says to pray.
There’s also the Lord’s prayer.
So titled because when asked how to pray, Jesus offers “the Lord’s prayer.”
Jesus also opens the door for our own prayers and petitions.
What would praying be without space and giving voice to our own longings and conditions.
Jesus says, /Ask and it will be given to you.
Seek and you will find; Knock and the door will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks receives and everyone who seeks finds and to him who knocks the door will be opened./
There are many people, places, situations, causes, and things for which to pray.
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