A Heart for the Harvest
I looked up the meaning of harvest and found one of the definitions stated, it was the gathering of a ripened crop. In the Vine's Concise Dictionary of the Bible, harvest also means to reap. In Luke 10:2, Jesus says to the disciples, the harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore, pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest field.
Prior to writing the Hidden Treasure, I felt the Lord impress upon me the urgency for the gathering of the harvest of the souls. I believe the heartbeat of the Father is for the lost, the hungry, the destitute, the downtrodden, the poor, the hungry, the broken and those who feel forgotten. In other words, His heart beats for the harvest. However, the harvest does not only speak of those who are unbelievers coming to the faith, but also those who might have walked away or even sense the pull to go deeper in His Word and seek after God with their entire being. The times that we are living in right now are filled with so much confusion and chaos, but God is not the Author of confusion. He is our peace in the midst of all that is going on in the world. He is calling us to share the gospel of salvation with others and to tell them all He has done for us. All He requires is that we repent of our sins and ask for forgiveness, believe that He died and rose from the grave so that we could have eternal life, and accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior.
He is calling all of us to return to Him, not halfheartedly, but with our whole heart. In John 4:34-37 (TPT), Jesus tells the disciples, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and bring it to completion. Why would you say, the harvest is another four months away? Look at all the people coming- Now is harvest time! Their hearts are like vast fields of ripened grain- ready for a harvest. Everyone who reaps these souls for eternal life will receive a reward. Both those who plant spiritual seeds and those who reap the spiritual harvest will celebrate together with great joy! And this confirms the saying, one sows the seed, and another reaps the harvest.”
Let’s begin to be about the Father’s business and tend to what matters to Him. The harvest fields are ripe and ready! The time to harvest is now!
Abundant blessings! ~Delon
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