Pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest —Matthew 9:38
Anyone who has ever had the honor to be used by the Lord is well aware of the necessity of prayer. For our Kairos weekends, we arrange to have someone praying 24/7 from the beginning of the weekend through the end. Read any history of great moves of God and you will find they were birthed and maintained by prayer. From prayer the worker gets his direction, confidence and strength. Through prayer he lays all credit for the result at the feet of the Master.
Prayer moves us from the ordinary, common sense, and a trust in medicine, civilization, education, or even evangelization. The key is in following the Master’s orders— the key is prayer. “Pray the Lord of the harvest . . . .” In the natural realm, prayer is not practical but absurd. We have to realize that prayer is foolish from the commonsense point of view.
No Christian has a special work to do. A Christian is called to be Jesus Christ’s own, “a servant [who] is not greater than his master” (John 13:16), and someone who does not dictate to Jesus Christ what he intends to do. Our Lord calls us to no special work— He calls us to Himself. “Pray the Lord of the harvest,” and He will engineer your circumstances to send you out as His laborer.
To be called is a honor and a blessing.
Nick
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