Workers Are Few and We Can
Jesus could spread the good news by Angels, but he chose to use us. He wants us to be co-laborers with Him. He spoke out what became a long term need for prayer and action as the workers are few. See what Jesus says in Luke:
After this the Lord appointed seventy-two[a] others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. 2 He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.
Jesus did not say we must work two by two, but I see partnership in spreading the good news is powerful.
Laboring for the Kingdom is a privilege and takes some courage, but not much.
Remember that the Workers are Few
Coming up to people you do not know and asking them if they believe in the triune God is a tough way. I have found that all I need to do is stop editing my speech. If people do not catch the small reference to faith, then I let it go.
I was at a coffee station in a camping place. A guy walked in with a cross on the back of his sweatshirt. I asked him if he was a Christian as liked his cross. He said he got it second hand and had no faith. I said my wife and I are Christians. He said ‘oh’ and moved on. I let it go.
Another guy here was a philosophy major. He loved to talk and my wife connected his philosophy to faith and asked him if he had any. He talked more, and we shared 2 verses with him ending with John 3:16. We asked if we could pray for him. He said yes, and we did in that quiet place. He did not pray but gave us his email address. Planting seeds and laboring in this way is non confrontational and spreads the good news. People need many touches big and small to come to faith. Let’s always be one of those touches with friends and people we meet by starting up conversations, and not editing, and connecting to faith.
