John 4:35
Wheat Harvest

Paul Rader used to tell the story of a great wheat harvest in Australia that rotted in the fields during World War I. Because so many men had responded to the call of the colours, nobody was left to gather in the grain harvest. It was a case of ‘reap or rot,” as Rader pointed out.

This is exactly the situation we face in our churches today: a plentiful harvest, and few reapers. This is no time to panic. The vast needs of the world stand as a fresh call to prayer. Christians have been commissioned to the high task of being co-labourers with God in His harvest. In so many areas, it is ripe to be gathered. It is a harvest for which God gave heaven’s best. He is not about to let it rot in the fields. We must take the words of the Lord seriously.

Prayer pointers:

• Come just as you are before God and ask Him to use you as one of His earth partners in reaching and gathering those who are lost
• Seek God to make you sensitive to those people who are hurting and ask Him to give you wisdom to know how to care for them
• Ask God to teach you how to sow seeds of love, kindness, patience, faith, etc into the lives that you have come into contact (e.g. family members, friends, colleagues, bosses, teachers, acquaintances, etc) with
• Intercede for labourers who are willing to make themselves available to work in the harvest field and be led to those who are hungry

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