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." Matt 9 v 37 & 8
The above is the driving verse that makes me tick and such a pain for the
leaders of any church which I would belong to. I see out there in the world
great need which only Christ can meet and my constant prayer is that He sends
out the workers. The question of course is what is the definition of
“harvest” Is it as evangelists see it outreach and making Christians Or
hurting souls whose lives are in a mess which only Jesus can put right and in
the process may become Christians. I believe it is both although I would
major on the needs which scream out for the church to be meeting. The
problem though is, I see the great needs out there and I want to run out into
the field and as the old song says “Rescue the perishing care for the dying”
whilst the leaders want to walk or even dawdle.
Leaders constantly keep saying I need to spend time with Jesus and listen to what
He is saying. This I constantly do although they don’t seem to believe me. Although I have to ask my heart's yearning is something which God has said is not
for me. Or something God has commanded and now He just keeps saying “I have
told you what I want you to do so why do you keep asking me.
My desire is to
be part of the workers in His harvest field but the leaders will not let me be
sent out as as part of their workers. Or they see the needs of those outside their
“cabbage patch” not of any of their concern. God I believe has heard our prayer and
provided the workers few as they may be in the grand scheme of things and I want
to send them out into the harvest field. Mighty men of God come regularly to church to worship Him and study His Word and yet do not see the men around them Men crying out in pain and
despair which we can be trained to reach out and draw into the church so that God can heal them.” Men are suppressing anger and do not know why.
Relationships have broken down or on the verge of doing so, who need help in
repairing. Men who are lonely but do not know how to talk or if they do, who
would listen. Do you not know the UK has the highest suicide rate for men in
Europe whilst we sit in church “worshiping” God Yes I know we go out
regularly with Street Pastors but where do you send the people you meet out there, especially the
men macho and tough but broken inside
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