The Harvest Is Plenty, But The Laborers Are Few

The Harvest is Plenty, but the Laborers are Few. 

The amount of distraction in the lives of people ranges from modest to massive; from simple to significant; from distracting to debilitating. Sonder is defined as the feeling of realizing that every other individual one sees has a life as full and as real as one’s own, where they are the central character and others have secondary roles. This profound awareness highlights that everyone has their own intricate inner world.
 
However as believers, Rick Warren reminds us, we are most like Jesus when you serve others. The majority of people spend most of their time at work, with family, and doing hobbies, which leads many to talk about the lack of time they have for service. The author says it is an overworked excuse for neglect of duty. The issue is not time, but rather rest in the realm of will and desire.

God has charged those who walk in “the way of the faith” to go out into the highways and byways and gather up the harvest of his people. God didn’t excuse us from this charge because our lives were busy.
 
Romans 12:1-2, God says, I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
 
Our charge is to imitate Christ. This is our reasonable service. We must be renewed each and every day in the Word in order to carry out this daily assignment. We were created to worship/praise/serve the Lord with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all of our mind.  Our transformation to serving begins with renewed minds, obedient steps, and surrendered hearts.
 
How do we transform our minds to be a servant of God?
 
A. With our Connection
The Source will determine the course. We should invite the spirit of God to enter in to lead our willingness to adopt Christ’s attitude of love, unselfishness, servanthood, humility, and obedience; looking beyond our own interest for the sake of others. Understand that giving up self for service to others is truly the power of a humble mind because humility with love brings honor and exaltation to God. With God as your source, your spirit will align with His spirit and He will lead you.
 
B. With our Obedience 
Without commitment you will never start. Without consistency, you will never finish. TO IDENTIFY WHAT GOD DESIRES FROM YOU AND WHAT GOD HAS IN STORE FOR YOU, you must submit your will.
 
C. With our Sacrifice
The best action we can show God of our love is service to God’s people. Christ came to benefit others. God will use your yes to bless others and you. Saying yes to God will lead to more discovery and revelation of how God wants to use you.
 
JOY = Jesus, Others, & You!
So I encourage us to apprehend and utilize the strength that we have as a result of the power and might of the Spirit within these earthen vessels. Use your conviction and surrender to lead to your yes. This level of humility reminds us of what the Williams brothers sang, “I’m just a nobody, trying to tell everybody, about somebody, who can save anybody. Let’s get to work. See you in the vineyard!