Laborers for the Harvest Luke 10:2

Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly [is] great, but the labourers [are] few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.



In verse 1 we read, "After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come." Jesus then says, "The harvest truly [is] great, but the labourers [are] few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest."

Here we have the sending forth of seventy disciples, two and two, into different parts of the country to preach the gospel and work miracles in those places, which Christ Himself instructed them to go. These disciples were to look at the harvest that was out there that needed to be harvested.

One of the great principles of harvesting is that the harvest needs to be gathered when it is ripe. The harvest has to be taken at the right time. If it is too early, the fruit is not ready to be taken and if it is too late, the fruit can be ruined. The disciples were admonished to look out for the harvest and they were to pray that the Lord of the harvest would send forth laborers into the harvest, because it was ready to be harvested.

As ministers and lay people alike ( the 70 disciples here were ordinary people who had been given an extraordinary task ) we need to see the fields that are white unto harvest. In Tennessee in the fall of the year, cotton fields are white unto harvest. You can see the fields from the road. You can see that the cotton is ready to be picked.

Our communities are the same way. You and I need to look out into the fields that are white unto harvest and we need to be willing to pray and ask the Lord to send harvesters into the fields before it is too late. The real thrust of this verse is simple; Lord Jesus, I pray that You will send forth laborers into the field; here am I send me.



Are you willing to pray that prayer today?