Many Diligent Laborers Are Needed

CALL TO PRAYER

By: Stephen Osei Kuffour

Date: 12.02.2023

Title: Many Diligent Laborers Are Needed

Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few”.  (Matthew 9:37 NKJV)

One day as our Lord Jesus was traveling through various towns and villages preaching the Good News about the Kingdom, He saw a huge crowd. The Bible made us understand that the Lord was filled with compassion for these people. The Lord being the Good Shepherd immediately realized that these people were in dire need of a Shepherd. That’s when He told His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few (Matt 9:35-38).”

The harvest is indeed plentiful. There is so much work to be done. There are a lot of Souls to be saved and many people to help grow spiritually. Many have done their part and left but there is still a lot of work left to be done. We are also living in an evil time where many have rejected the Lord and don’t want to have anything to do with Him. You only need to turn on your TV or Mobile Phone to see the amount people that hate the Lord. This is even worse in the Western World.­

However, despite the plentiful harvest, only a few laborers are available. Believers nowadays love to put on their best clothes for Sunday Church Service and even give huge amounts of Offerings but they are not willing to sacrifice their time to preach the Gospel to others or help other young Believers to grow spiritually. We have left this work to only Pastors, Evangelists, Apostles, and a few serious Believers.

It is very sad that some of the Believers who get involved do not also do the work with the right motive and commitment. I know some Believers who just love to be invited to another Church to preach. They just love the honor and fame that comes with preaching in another Church. Instead of using every opportunity they get to preach Christ to others, these people will be there doing nothing but just waiting to be invited to another Church.

Also, most Ministers of the Gospel are not willing to go to the Villages to preach to the Poor and establish their Ministry over there. Every Minister wants to establish Churches in the Cities where a lot of rich people are. Some even boast about the number of famous people and Millionaires or Billionaires that attend their Churches. The passion for Souls is gradually dying out in the Church.

Beloved in the Lord, most people need to hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus. That’s how Souls will be saved (Rom 1:16). Since the unsaved people in the world are many, a lot of Believers are required for this work. Let’s, therefore, get involved and do this work with love and with a good motive, knowing that our labor will not be in vain (1 Cor 15:58).

Prayer Point:

Let’s thank God for His Word today. Let’s ask the God of the harvest to raise many diligent laborers for the harvest. Let’s also ask the Lord to help all Believers to do the kingdom’s work with the right motive.

God bless you all.