Matthew 9:37-38
37 He said to his disciples, “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. 38 So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.”

When a crop is ready for harvest, the window of opportunity to harvest is often short, and immediate action is necessary to gather the goods before they spoil. As Christians, we need to realize the urgency of this task, for only during our time here on earth will there be a harvest.

In this passage, Jesus is revealing the truth of the kingdom of heaven and explaining the way He does through parables and ways we can understand. The great harvest that Jesus is talking about is people who live in sin apart from him. There is a great number of people who are dead in their sins and who are in dire need of the truth of the gospel and what Jesus has done for them on the cross. Many know many people who need to repent and believe in the gospel. As Christians, our role in this mission is crucial. We are the ones who should be sharing the truth about Jesus, but we often make excuses or claim to be ‘too busy’ to take the time to work the harvest. This shows where our priorities lie and what we truly believe.

The problem isn’t that there aren’t people to share the gospel with; we encounter lost people daily. The issue is that few people are willing to go into the field and tell the world about the King and his Kingdom. We need to understand the urgency that one day, there will be no more harvest, and we have here and now to gather as many people as we can for the kingdom of God before the door of opportunity closes.

If we know and believe that a King and a Kingdom are coming, yet we don’t take action to tell others, we are wasting precious time and opportunities to be a worker of the harvest, saving souls for Christ. Are you laboring in God’s harvest? If you were to look at the resume of your life, would it say worker of the harvest? If not, it’s time to make the change and take the opportunity in this life while you have it to make a difference in the kingdom of God.

• Tyler