YOU SHOULD WORK FOR
THE LORD BECAUSE THE HARVEST IS READY.
THE LANDOWNER “WENT
OUT EARLY IN THE MORNING TO HIRE LABORERS”
(Mt. 20:1).
Why did he need to
hire laborers? The grapes were
ripe and bountiful, and they needed to be harvested before
the devastating rains came. Let's switch
from the grape harvest to the harvest of human souls. Jesus said, “Do
you not say, ‘There are yet four months, and then
comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes
and look on the fields, that they
are white
for harvest.” (Jn.
4:35). “White” means “ready.” Any delay would mean disaster.
THERE IS AN URGENCY CONCERNING THE HARVEST. There is an urgent
goal: The Lord wants all the harvest to be gathered. There is an urgent
means: All the harvest will not be gathered without all the
workers. There is an urgent
deadline: The time for harvest is almost over. Jesus said, “We
must work the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day;
night is coming
when no one can work.”
(Jn. 9:4). There is an urgent
motivation: Some of the un-gathered harvest consists of your
friends, your neighbors, your co-workers and your family members. What are you going
to do about it?
THERE IS AN IMMEDIACY CONCERNING THE HARVEST. “But
when the crop permits, he immediately
puts in the sickle, because the
harvest has come.”
(Mk. 4:29) The problem with
“tomorrow” is that you're not guaranteed it, The problem with "someday" is that it never arrives. The problem with "today" is procrastination. You do understand
that “today” really means “not now,” right? The immediacy of
“now” is biblical (2 Cor. 6:2). What are you going
to do about it?
THERE IS A TRAVESTY CONCERNING THE HARVEST. The travesty is
this: The un-gathered harvest will rot and wither while we who
know Jesus continue to “greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible
and full of glory” (1 Pet. 1:8). That doesn't seem
right, does it? What are
you going to do about it?
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