“He told them, “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest. Now go; I’m sending you out like lambs among wolves.” (vv. 2-3)

I have some challenging news for you:

You are the answer to your prayer—to this specific prayer.

We have prayed it alongside Jesus for forever: “Lord, send workers into your harvest, so that those who haven’t heard will hear—and be saved!” It’s the right prayer. He told us to pray it. And it has been relevant in every “field” you and I have ever known.

So we pray!

But we have to keep reading.

Because the next thing Jesus says to His followers is, “Now go.”

The answer to the prayer is the people who pray it. The workers He sends are the ones who are standing with Him. The harvest we hope for is in the field we’re called to. So we pray for harvest laborers…

…and we go.

Or, at least, that’s how it’s supposed to go.

Is anyone else troubled that the workers remain few in number?

— Tyler