He said to his disciples, 

"The harvest is great, but the workers are few. 

So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; 

ask him to send more workers into his fields."

Matthew 9:37-38 NLT

Ever run out of things to pray?

We can always pray this prayer that Jesus told his team to pray. 

Do these words of Jesus raise questions? 

Like if Jesus is God why doesn't he just do the harvesting in some miraculous way? 

He seems to be reliant on people. 

Matthew prefaces these words of Jesus with this;

"When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd."

The action of harvesting (whatever Jesus meant by that) is driven from a heart of compassion.

Of love. 

Jesus is looking out at this group of people and is filled with compassion for them. Not condemnation, not hatred, not judgement, but compassion. 

Because they need a shepherd. A guide, a protector, someone to lead them to food, to water. 

And Jesus wants his disciples (& us it seems) to get something here, and I think that thing is he wants whatever we do to start with a heart of compassion. 

Love people. 

Let's just start there. 

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