Daily Affirmations - Day 7 - Heavenly Gardener - Lord of the Harvest

Day 7: Lord of the Harvest

Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy

When [Jesus] saw the crowds, He had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 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 9:36-38).

Jesus said, “Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true” (John 4:35-37).

Eternal Son of God Most High,

Whose only voice can wake the dead,

Speak to the souls, for whom we cry,

For whom we in Thy Spirit plead,

And bring them up from Nature’s grave

And now stretch out Thine arm to save.

The dead in trespasses convince,

And turn from Satan’s power to God,

Reveal Thy wrath against Their sins,

O’erwhelm them with the mountain-load,

Till all that load of guilt and fear

Rolls off—into Thy sepulchre.

~ Charles Wesley ~ For the Unawakened

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Jesus visited not only the great and wealthy cities, but the poor, obscure villages; and there He preached, there He healed. The souls of the meanest in the world are as precious to Christ, and should be so to us, as the souls of those who make the greatest figure.

There were priests, Levites, and scribes, all over the land; but they were idol shepherds (Zec 11:17); therefore Christ had compassion on the people as sheep scattered, as men perishing for lack of knowledge...

To this day vast multitudes are as sheep not having a shepherd, and we should have compassion and do all we can to help them... Christ is the Lord of the harvest. Let us pray that many may be raised up and sent forth, who will labour in bringing souls to Christ.

It is a sign that God is about to bestow some special mercy upon a people, when He stirs them up to pray for it.

~ Matthew Henry's Commentary

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