Greetings to you all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,
Matthew 9:35-37 says,”And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.”
There are those times when I begin to feel alone and isolated because of my living conditions and my not being able to walk with the foot problems. Oh, I do get outside now and then with the power chair but just travel around the building, sit in the sun and basically that’s it until I go back inside. My attitude has become just a tad self centered as I think of some of the people of both the old and new testaments. Jeremiah was in a cistern, Joseph ended up in prison for a spell, Paul spent a lot of time in jails and prisons during his lifetime. My view of life has become too self centered.
The above passage is a common one that many people know and we use the term, “white unto harvest” quite a lot especially during mission conferences. The world is always white unto harvest as people die at the rate of almost two people per second. That means in one minute, sixty people go into eternity, many without Christ. Being self centered and thinking our own problems as if they are the center of the universe is far from where our minds should be. Christ gave them the picture that they should have. The harvest is ready. When you look at your crops as a farmer and see that they are ready to be picked and put in the storage spaces, you don’t wait for another month to begin harvesting. The analogy is further explained in John 4:35 and following verses. Christ and the apostles were in samaria at the time and we know that Philip went there and many were turning to the Lord Jesus Christ. Wherever upi turn, whether in this country or any other country in the world, the field is white unto harvest. There is no time to sit around and be consumed with our own problems for many of them are so petty and have very little impact on the condition of the world. I sometime complain when I have no towels in my bathroom. Elizabeth Elliot once commented that she had no bathroom. She ahd no floors or no walls in the place where they were living in Ecuador. She said th at you should be happy when you swept the floor or clean the toilets, because many people don’t have that at all. Our problems are often due to the fac that we seem to feel that we deserve soft towels, or perfect room temperature, or a freshly vacuum floor. At least, we have a floor. Praise God for the fact that He gives us a “World View” and not just a “selfie.”
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