The Harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field (Matthew 9.37-38).
After I read that verse, I prayed the following prayer:
“Lord, first of all I ask you for a heart like yours. You said that you would give me a new heart and put your Spirit in me (Ezekiel 36.26-27). I see what your heart is like as you “saw the crowds and had compassion on them.” You led them to God, healing them, teaching them, and restoring hope. I want to be like that. I want to love and serve people as you do.
“Lord, I ask also that you would give me eyes like yours, to see people as you do, understanding them. Help me to see – not a rude driver but – someone running late for work and worried about their job. Help me to see – not a distracted cashier at Walmart but – a parent concerned for their child who is in trouble at school. Help me to see – not the frown of the waitress at the Truck Stop but – the anxious heart of one who doesn’t know if she can make ends meet. Yes, Lord, help me to see the fields that are ready for harvest (John 4.35). Give me eyes like yours.
“Then, Lord, I ask you to send me out to your harvest field, giving me partners so that together we can bring hope to a hurting world.”
Join me in that prayer this week, and give the hope of Jesus to everyone you meet.
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