Over the last few months I’ve posted a couple of songs based on one or more of these Scriptures:
Matthew 9:37-38…
37 Then he said to his disciples,
“The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.
38 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore,
to send out workers into his harvest field.” (NIV)
Isaiah 6:8..
8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying,
“Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”
And I said, “Here am I. Send me!” (NIV)
Luke 15:7…
7 I tell you that in the same way
there will be more rejoicing in heaven
over one sinner who repents than
over ninety-nine righteous persons
who do not need to repent. (NIV)
Although this song is similar in theme to the others, it’s different because of the completeness of its message in relation to the Scriptures it’s inspired by. Keep those verses in mind as you read the lyrics below or follow the lead sheet here and listen to the recording here.
Who will come and share in the Harvest?
Who will work the Master’s fields?
Who will join the angels as they’re singing praise
For each soul the Harvest brings in?
Crops are ripe and ready to harvest.
Who will help to work the fields?
Never has there been so much to harvest
Or to lose if the workers are few.
Crops will die if left where they’re standing;
Who will gather them in time?
Smallest losses cannot be afforded,
For the Master planted His Son.
Pray that the Master will send more workers
So the Harvest will be complete.
If He calls you, pray with ready answer,
“Here am I, O Lord, send me.”
When Jesus told his disciples that the harvest was plentiful, He meant there’s not just a world full of people in need of being harvested (saved and brought into His Father’s Kingdom), but who are eager to hear and respond to God’s good news. But that can only happen if God has enough willing workers—us, His followers—to share the Good News with others to and gather them in. God’s angels rejoice over every individual who’s saved. Couldn’t they possibly also grieve over each person who is left to die in the field–to dis without salvation?
Since Jesus gave His life so everyone could be saved, the failure of God’s workers to do their part in harvesting the lost is costly indeed. I don’t believe God expects every Christian to participate in the harvest in exactly the same way, but if we really care about the lost about us, we ought to be willing to go: to do whatever the Lord desires of each of us.
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Progress on editing and revising my 25th Christian novel (see the cover below) is moving along slowly but surely. The graphic below that shows the covers of my first twenty-four novels.
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