This morning we continue in Gary Permenter's P90E study and prepare 90 days for Easter by reading Luke 2 in our chronological study of the Gospels and Matthew 9.35-38 in our ministry challenge.
Gary poised a great question from
Matthew 9.36-38- When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
Then he said to his 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."
His question: how 'field focused' are you? How big is you circle of evangelistic and ministerial concern? May I answer for most of us? Not near enough.
I challenge you to ponder today how this year we (you and I) can take a 'Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria' approach to ministry. We need to touch the locals, the wider scope of our states, and then the nation or the nations. It begins with a prayerful sensitivity to the everyday doors. God opens doors in random conversations- He did for me yesterday in the Apple store. He opens seemingly random doors in statewide ministries (if we bother to notice). There will also be wider scale mission ministry doors that will open as well, if we will open our eyes and see the white fields ready for harvest.
The questions for the day is 'are you open to God using you in the everyday?' And 'are you willing to go as God widens your opportunity?'
2013 is a great time to widen our eyes and let Him send us out for His Labor. Let's not just talk about it, let's do it!
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