“My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. 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.” John 4:34-35
As you look at these two little children from Ouanaminthe sitting at their school desk and enjoying their meal for the day, think about that last verse in the above passage from John 4; the fields are ripe for harvest. If you have ever shared the story of the Little Red Hen with your children or grandchildren there are similarities. Yes, our Triune God really does all the work, and we enjoy all the blessings but there is an opportunity for us to joyfully take part in this harvesting process with these children. We have the calling to help feed over 67,000 children in Haiti who are going out into the harvest fields of Haiti and bring the Salvation message to the masses who have not yet heard or believed. Please prayerfully consider helping to prepare these young Haitian missionaries to go out and accomplish His will. I am closing today with the words from the hymn ‘Saints of God, the dawn is brightening’ that were written by Mary Maxwell in 1849.
“Saints of God, the dawn is bright'ning, token of our coming Lord; o'er the earth the field is whit'ning; louder rings the Master's word: pray for reapers, pray for reapers, in the harvest of the Lord! Now, O Lord, fulfil Thy pleasure, breathe upon Thy chosen band, and with Pentecostal measure send forth reapers o'er our land, faithful reapers, faithful reapers, gath'ring sheaves for Thy right hand. Soon shall end the time of weeping, soon the reaping time will come, Heav'n and earth together keeping God's eternal Harvest home. Saints and angels, saints and angels, shout the world's great Harvest home.”
Dear Heavenly Father, you have called your servants to ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths yet untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where we go but only that your hand is leading us and your love supporting us through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Amen.