The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few;
therefore ask the overseer of the harvest
to send out laborers into the harvest.
—Matthew 9.37-38
Maybe the harvest is not bringing people to Christ
but gathering the fruits of the Spirit
God has sown in you
for the sake of the world.
Maybe it’s not an act of taking,
but receiving.
The harvest is plentiful
but few are the people who have gathered,
who have received the gifts, the grace,
the love growing in your heart,
and feasted on those fruits
to be strengthened to go out
and heal the wounded,
and be good news for the broken of the world.
The field stretches to the horizon.
There are more trees in this orchard
than stars in heaven.
What grace have you not yet harvested?
Go into that good harvest.
Here is a basket for your labors. Go.
—June 13, 2017