Matthew 9:37-38 - Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
This one couldn't be much more simple. We are commanded to pray for the Lord to send people to lead people to Him. Just be prepared for Him to use you!
In a bit more depth; "the harvest" refers to those who don't know Him, but need to. They may be searching for Him. They may be searching for something, and not know what it is. "The laborers" show people the way to Him. Laborers can be 'full time' pastors, missionaries, or other ministry leaders. A laborer can just as importantly be me and you.
Our country seems to be increasingly anti-Jesus; at least the news seems to make it sound that way. I just read a story of a 7 year old in California who got in trouble for reading bible verses to his classmates that his mom put in his lunch box every day. What an example that kid sets! What a sad state our country is in if you can get in trouble for reading scripture in a public school during lunch time. We need to be laborers like that 7 year old!
Lastly, He asks us to pray to Him to send laborers. He could easily do this without us asking...but He wants us to ask. What a great commentary on prayer! I hope we all understand that God can do whatever He wants, but He still wants us to ask.
Let's be praying for Him to send laborers to our friends, neighbors and coworkers as well as friends, neighbors and coworkers around the planet!
Come back again for Jesus' Command #22 - Be as wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
