Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.” Matthew 9:37
Jesus was on the move. He daily went from place to place. Multitudes followed Him, looking for the hope of a lifetime. What they found was a Love for the ages. They sought and they found. The Prince of Peace, the Son of God, looked around and was touched by their diseases, heartbreaks and abuses. (vs. 35-36) His response was compassion and action.
Matthew, the Jewish turncoat who became a Roman tax collector, a self made social outcast, was touched by Jesus’ loving countenance. The most unlikely and unworthy of all men was given the highest calling, “Go in Jesus’ name and heal”! He hadn’t gotten over the miracle when he wrote this accounting. Matthew and the other eleven disciples had no GPS, no spread sheets on demographics and projected results, they just put one foot in front of the other from where they stood and they moved forward as the emissaries of the Good News.
You were dying and Jesus gave you life. The world needs what you’ve got! They are seeking, so help them! Point them in the right direction. You are called to change the world for the better one person at a time. So GO!
In the Fields,
Gretchen