Morning by Morning, October 26 - Praying and Responding to the Lord of the Harvest - Here I Am, Lord
Good morning, Lord Jesus. I look to You and listen for Your leading. ...
“Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every sickness. When He saw the crowds, He had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest’” (Matthew 9:35-38).
Lord Jesus, what You spoke to Your first disciples, I believe You are still speaking to Your disciples today. I believe the “harvest” You spoke of has not come and gone. It hasn’t just withered on the vine or been plowed over and left as fallow ground.
No, I believe every seed You’ve sown in Your harvest field is coming to maturity. Just as every seed the enemy of our souls has sown into that same field is coming to maturity.
In Your parable of the wheat and the weeds, both coming to maturity as they grow up from seeds to the time of harvest in the same field, You said, “the harvest is the end of the age” (Matthew 13:24-43). And as we near “the end of the age,” the harvest will come. You said “the good seed are the children of the kingdom; the weeds are the children of the evil one” (v. 37). We certainly see both in our world today -- both growing up into full maturity, whether good or evil. And the times are ripe for harvest.
So in obedience to Your Word, I pray the prayer You taught Your disciples to pray: Lord of the harvest, send out laborers into Your harvest.
And as I pray for others to be sent, what stirs in my heart is, “Here I am, Lord. Send me.” ...
And an old song from much earlier in my life, from the early days of my deeper journey with You, comes rising up in my spirit right now:
I the Lord of sea and sky
I have heard My people cry
All who dwell in dark and sin
My hand will save
I who made the stars of night
I will make their darkness bright
Who will bear My light to them?
Whom shall I send?
Here I am Lord,
Is it I Lord?
I have heard You calling in the night
I will go Lord,
If You lead me,
I will hold Your people in my heart
I, the Lord of snow and rain
I have borne My people's pain
I have wept for love of them
They turn away
I will break their hearts of stone
Give them hearts for love alone
I will speak My words to them
Whom shall I send?
Here I am Lord,
Is it I Lord?
I have heard You calling in the night
I will go Lord,
If You lead me
I will hold Your people in my heart
I, the Lord of wind and flame
I will tend the poor and lame
I will set a feast for them
My hand will save
Finest bread I will provide
'Til their hearts be satisfied
I will give My life to them
Whom shall I send?
Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord?
I have heard You calling in the night
I will go, Lord, if You lead me
I will hold Your people in my heart
(written by Dan Schutte)
Yes, Lord. Here I am, Lord. Send me into Your harvest today. I will go, Lord, if You lead me. I will hold Your people in my heart. And I pray You will send Your other laborers of Your love into Your harvest too. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, may you be stirred up to pray and respond to the Lord of the harvest with all your heart, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!
Tommy & Rocio Hays | Messiah Ministries
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