We are the Lord's harvesters

Matthew 9:27-38

Inspired thots:

There were (and are..) SO many needs to be met... sicknesses and diseases.
Jesus, in human form, could only be at one place at any one time. He was compassionate to touch and heal those whom He encounters, never turning away anyone who has faith/belief in Him.

1) Praise God today, we have the Holy Spirit. He is IN us and WITH us. He is our Comforter, Counselor, Teacher, Revealer, and Guide. (John 14)

2) Jesus came to reach out to the Israelites but He was rejected by them. How sad! Worse, the people only wanted to see His miracles, to be healed of their sickness and disease before carrying on their own way.
a) Man is still the same today. Yet, Jesus is coming back SOON. When? Only God knows.
b) It is time to prepare ourselves as the privileged generation to welcome our Lord's imminent return.
c) People tend to want only 'the healing' and not the 'good news' v35. Truly, man is shallow. He sees only the physical, barely the spiritual; He wants only the 'now', not grasping the 'then'; He holds on to the temporal, missing the eternal.

3) Yes, God's word is always true. v37 "the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few."
a) There is such a great need in the world today; the need of salvation. Have mercy Lord.

Yes, Jesus could only be at one place at one time when He was on earth. But He has us...
No wonder He ends the chapter with 'Ask the Lord of the harvest therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field' v38

God's people have been redeemed for this purpose. Yes, Lord. Thank you that I understand this passage in this way today! Thank you for sharing Your thots with me, O Lord!