The Harvesters

 

He sends them out into the world
To gather the harvest
That He has spread throughout the land,
From north, south, east and west.
 
They scatter His Word in the world
And nurture it with grace,
That many who would not know Him,
Will someday see His face.
 
They labor through the hardest times,
Tending their Master’s fruit.
Guarding the harvest from the blight,
Caring for each new shoot.

 

Their Master called them to this task,
And, in His name, they work.
Rejoicing as the harvest grows.
His calling, they don’t shirk.
 
I lift my prayer up every day
That His harvest is vast
And thank Him for those who, when called,
Joyfully work as tasked.
 
Matthew 9:37-38
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.”