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Harvests Rarely Come Easy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here in South Carolina, you can still see miles of white cotton fields stretching across the countryside each fall. Their white rows shine beneath the bright autumn sun, standing in bold contrast to the reddish-brown earth. The fields seem to go on forever, like snow spread across the countryside. It\u2019s a sight that still takes my breath away every time I see it. Yet those who have worked these fields know all too well that beneath their beauty lies a reality of hard labor and great cost. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before machinery changed the landscape, harvesting cotton was grueling work. From sunup to sundown, workers stooped low under the blistering heat, their fingers raw from pulling the sharp bolls. My dad often told me about picking cotton as a boy and how the bolls would slice into his hands until they were raw and bleeding. Those stories remind me that what appears beautiful from a distance often hides a painful reality and comes at a great cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every pound of cotton carried with it the heavy sweat and deep pain of the laborer. My point is simply that the harvest didn\u2019t come easy. It never does!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus once looked over the crowds with deep compassion and said to His disciples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.\u201d \u2014 <\/em>Matthew 9:37 (NIV)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those words seem to echo across every generation. The harvest of souls is still abundant, but the call for laborers remains urgent. Spiritual harvests, like physical ones, come with a cost. They require people willing to get their hands dirty, hearts engaged, and knees bent in prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s Always a Cost Involved<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s no such thing as effortless ministry. Souls aren\u2019t gathered by convenience. Lives aren\u2019t changed by casual participation. Spiritual fruit doesn\u2019t grow in the soil of comfort; it grows in the soil of commitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spiritual fruit does not grow in the soil of comfort; it grows in the soil of commitment. Every revival, every transformed life, every breakthrough in the Kingdom has come through people who were willing to labor. People who prayed when no one noticed, gave when it hurt, and loved when it was not easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be a laborer in God\u2019s field is to say, <\/em>\u201cLord, I\u2019ll go where it\u2019s hot, hard, and humbling, because You are worthy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You and I Have a Call to Pray<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Jesus said, \u201cThe laborers are few,\u201d <\/em>He didn\u2019t stop there. He gave a simple command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAsk the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest field.\u201d <\/em>\u2014 Matthew 9:38 (NIV)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notice that He didn\u2019t say, \u201cComplain about the shortage.\u201d He said, \u201cPray.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first step toward multiplying Kingdom workers isn\u2019t recruiting. It\u2019s interceding. Every great move of God begins when someone starts praying for more hands to help gather what\u2019s ripe for the Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Will You Respond?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s the irony I\u2019ve discovered over the years, every time I start praying, God usually begins His work in me<\/em> first. I can\u2019t count how many times I\u2019ve prayed for God to move in someone else\u2019s life, only to realize He was moving in mine. Prayer has a way of turning the spotlight back on our own hearts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve come to believe that when we sincerely pray for God to send laborers into His harvest, He often stirs our own hearts to go. The one who prays for workers may very well become one. God rarely lets us pray from the sidelines, He pulls us onto the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, it only seems fitting that like Isaiah, we must be willing to say, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHere am I, Lord, send me.\u201d <\/em>\u2014 Isaiah 6:8 (NIV)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because praying for the harvest is never just about others, it\u2019s about obedience. It\u2019s about letting God write our<\/em> name into the very answer we were praying for. Therefore, I urge you to remember, the harvest is plentiful and the laborers are few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n