“Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” “– Matthew 9: 37
“Harvest is plentiful …” says the Lord…
What is Harvest here?
Harvest is nothing but the souls that need divine intervention…The souls that need to brought to the kingdom of God.
As the previous verse, Matthew, 9:36 says, “the harassed and helpless souls.” – Yes, the souls those are badly in need of mercy, the souls in purgatory, and souls in earth that are slaves to the dirtiest sins.
Souls that lack Holy Spirit, these souls, as it says in Acts of the Apostles 1:8, “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you…’’needs Holy Spirit.
Souls that need grace… as it says in 2 Corinthians 12:9, But, he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”
Souls that need more and more grace from Lord…as it says in James 4:6, “But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
These are the souls, who are in search of the Valley, the Valley of Love, and Valley of kindness, Valley of endless grace.
So, the Harvest is plenty…
The previous Sunday 29Th April 2012, is being identified by the Holy Catholic Church as the Day for Vocations for this year. In addition today is Workers’ Day, and the whole world observe it as Work ers’ Day.
How you and me as ardent followers of Jesus Christ, can respond to the plentiful harvest in the field?
The field should be given workers.
What is the role of a Worker, in Jesus Christ?
Before that what is the ideal character, a worker should have?
It is true that the field, “The Kingdom of God” has lots of workers in it.
It also says in Matthew Verses 9:36, “When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them.”
The Holy Catholic Church has a lot of workers, Workers as shepherds, Workers as Nuns, Workers in the form of Missionary families, Workers as Missionaries, Workers who intercede for others, and Workers who help the church financially....
But do we all have compassion for the souls… these souls are seeds in the field, There are plants that are in the growing phase, Some are in the fertile soil, Some even though the soil is fertile, is surrounded by thorns… Some plants are just in the desert…No soil, No manure, and not even a single drop of water for survival…
A compassionate worker is a comforter and an energizer.
A compassionate worker should be in continuous conversation with God.
A compassionate worker should pray for more and more gifts from Holy Spirit,
A compassionate worker should persistently thrive to be in a state of anointment.
So that a Worker should do the following, for the Kingdom of God, where the harvest is plenty…
Comfort and energize the harassed and helpless souls…Pray and Intercede for the souls in purgatory, Intercede for all the sinful souls in earth…for the lord to shower their mercy on them… Anoint the souls with Holy Spirit…Enrich the souls with grace, and more graces from the Holy Spirit.
So, What should be the prayer of a Worker, Worker of the Kingdom of God…?
1 Peter 2:2 says as follows, ”Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation” – To serve the purpose of your life, a Real Worker of the Kingdom of God, should humble himself as a newborn child, and pray persistently for the pure, spiritual milk. Once you are led with the Holy Spirit, you can share the spirit that you received to your fellow beings, who are harassed and helpless, who are in need of mercy, who lack spirit, who need grace, and more graces from Lord.
Ephesians 4: 4-6 says as follows, “’There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called ; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.” – Here, Paul the Apostle says that there is only one body, and one Spirit, so the hope is in the same Lord, and in his Holy Spirit...you believe in the same Lord, yet all of us are baptized in the name of same Lord... The real call or vocation of a Worker is to gather the herd of sheep to this one body, one Spirit, and one Hope.
Mark 3: 14 – 15, says as follows, And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils.” – So, Jesus chose twelve and named them Apostles, and the real call for apostles, was to heal sicknesses, to cast out devils, and to send them forth to preach…and How they succeed in their respective calls?“By being with Him.” - Apostles responded to Jesus’s call and identified Jesus as Saviour and followed Him, so that Jesus called them for being with Him.”
John 3:4 says as follows, “Nicodemus saith unto him, how can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?” – To be persistent in the vocation you are called for, you should be ready for a second birth... John 3: 5, “Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.”
So, finally what a Worker should do? To be compassionate, he should pray more, ask for more gifts from Holy Spirit, Yes, by being with Him and by being born of water and spirit, each moment, he can gather the herd of sheep, to One body, the Body of Christ.
A worker should therefore Work more, 1 Corinthians 15: 10 says as follows “But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.”
