Luke 10:1-16

WORKERS IN THE LORD’s HARVEST FIELD

Keywords 10:2

He told them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.

 

1. Pray for harvest workers (1-7)

To follow Jesus also means to be sent out by him into his harvest fi eld. Jesus

sent out seventy-two other disciples to go ahead into the towns he would visit.

Many needed to hear the gospel but there were few who could carry out that task.

Going into Jesus’ harvest field could be dangerous and required total reliance

and focus on God. But there is no more eternally important work than working in

the Lord’s harvest fi eld. Let us ask the Lord to send out harvest workers into his

harvest field.

 

2. Heal the sick; preach the kingdom of God (8-16)

The work in the harvest fi eld had two components : healing the sick and telling

people that the kingdom of God had come near. Healing the sick was visible

evidence that God’s kingdom had come. This life-saving work would be met with

strong resistance. Jesus foretold judgment against those who rejected his workers

and his kingdom.

 

Prayer Lord, thank you that your kingdom has come. Please send out workers

into your harvest fi eld, including me.

One Word Lord, send out workers