The Harvest, The Laborers and the Crop

Take care of your harvest so that it yields good results.

harvest
Past
Deuteronomy 23:25 When you enter the grain field
your neighbor, you will be able to pluck ears of corn with your hand;
but you shall not apply the sickle to your neighbor's harvest.

Present
Luke 10:2 And he said to them: The harvest indeed is
much, but few are the workers; therefore, pray to the
Lord of the harvest, send workers to your harvest.

Deuteronomy 23:23 But what has come out

you will keep and fulfill it from your lips,
as you promised to Jehovah your God,
paying the voluntary offering that you promised
with your mouth.

Future
Revelation 14:14 I looked, and there was a white cloud; and
about the cloud one sitting resembling the Son of the
Man, who had a crown of gold on his head,
and in the hand a sharp sickle.
Revelation 14:15 And another angel came out of the temple,
crying out with a loud voice to the one who was sitting on the
cloud: Put your sickle in, and reap; for the hour of reaping
the harvest of the earth has come, for it is ripe.
Deuteronomy
Derived from Greek words, deuteros, which means
second
("words") is the title of the fifth book of the Pentateuch. The
The Septuagint called it Deuteronomy.
The meaning of this Greek term is, properly,
"second law", although it should be noted that, applied
In this present book, it cannot be understood in the sense of
a law different from the 'first' (the Mosaic one), but of
a repetition of her.
Deuteronomy (=Dt), like other texts of
normative character collected in the Pentateuch, it sets forth
it manifests what God requires of his chosen people. And
it does so by specifically providing the command that
Jesus described as "main": "You shall love the Lord your God,"
with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your
forces" (6.5; Mark 12:30).
These words are the backbone of the entire discourse.
mosaic, which now takes on a more personal character
that when the people heard him in Sinai (called
"Horeb" in Dt, except in 33.2), because there Moses was limited.
a transmitter of what he received from God, while in
Moab is expressed in the first person, to, in his
prophetic quality (18.15 –18), revealing to the people the
will of the Lord (4.40; 5.1 –5, 22 –27; 28.1).
Deuteronomy highlights this image of Moses.
through introductory phrases such as: "These are the
words that Moses spoke to all Israel" (1.1; 1.3, 5;
4.44; 5.1)
A prominent place occupies in the book the so-called 'code'
deuteronomic" (12–26) that begins with a series of
statutes and decrees related to the establishment
from a single place of worship, from a single sanctuary to which everyone
Israel would be obliged to attend: 'The place that Jehovah,
Your God, choose from all your tribes... That
"you will seek, and there you will go" (12.5).

To this core of a legal nature, which appears preceded by

the two great speeches of cap.1.6–4.40 and 5.1–11.32, him
there are some complementary provisions (in
cap. 31, the appointment of Joshua as successor of
Moses), and also warnings and exhortations of a moral nature
various (chap.27–31).
The last chapters contain the 'song of Moses',
the 'blessings to the twelve tribes' (chap. 32-33), the
death of Moses (34.5) and his burial in an unknown place
place of Moab (34.6)
. The harvest is plentiful!
We almost always think of this 'harvest' as souls that need
salvation. Of course, they are part of the harvest, but in the
The context seems to suggest that Jesus is speaking about scattered sheep.
First, we have a harvest among the many stray sheep.
who already know Jesus. Few have the compassion and patience
to minister to them!

We hasten to point out the impiety in our society and its

resistance to the Gospel, but are we making Jesus a
Liar? He says that the harvest is abundant! The problem seems to be
with the workers. If the people of the world do not respond, maybe the
the problem lies in our harvesting methods, the way in which
We have trained the harvesters or the lack of the anointing of
Holy Spirit. We need to make a better effort to uplift.
a large number of workers. If we follow the Master's plan we are going
let's see that multiplication.

38 Therefore, ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.
field.

These verses reflect a great need that persists to this day.

continues to remain: The need for skilled workers for the job
of God. The need shown by the overwhelmed souls and the lack of
leaders that would guide them to the paths of salvation made him turn to
his disciples and said to them: Truly the harvest is plentiful, but the workers
few. Always the need for men and women willing to
Guiding his people has been a common factor. Since the Lord freed his
the people of Israel from Egypt and brought them into the land that He had promised them.
the need for a spiritual guide has been key. During the ministry of
Moses and Joshua, Israel had a leader who shepherded them according to his
will; but after they died, the nation had very few who were interested
to show them the way of life. It is enough to look at the history of this town to
through the Old Testament to corroborate this fact. For example,
after the death of Joshua, the people quickly went astray and became
to the idols for which God constantly disciplined them by raising a
nation that would teach them a lesson. In this period we find the judges that
they helped Israel in this difficult time, but once the judge was dead, the nation
she was getting lost again. In the time of the kings, we can find very few
who guided Israel on the right path, generally morality faded away
degrading until ending in the deportation to Babylon.

Nowadays, the need for workers is great, the need to preach to

Christ is immense, but very few people are willing to make the effort.
for carrying this message to the needy souls. Perhaps we are
surrounded by religious figures or mercenaries of the gospel who only
They seek their own benefit, others perhaps remain indifferent to the
need, they only care about their own interests and do not want to complicate things
life. But what decision will we make in the face of this challenge? Our Lord will
He told his disciples what they had to do: Therefore, pray to the Lord of the
harvest, to send workers to his harvest. The emergence of new workers
It requires a sentence. Generally, when the New Testament is spoken of
to pray to God, the word proseúchomai (προσεύχομαι) is used; but in
in this case, the word 'rogad' is translated from the word 'déomai' (δέομαι) which
denotes a prayer from a soul in great anguish.
Our prayers will never be the same, it all depends on what we are.
asking and the need we have. It's not the same to pray for the
foods to pray for a family member who is dying. It is not the same.
to pray for some project to do when our life depends on it.
Many sentences may not denote great anguish in our lives, but
others urge us to shed tears and great pleas for receiving
our request. Jesus told his disciples that it was necessary to pray,
to cry out with tears and great fervor to God for the miracle to raise up workers
committed, willing to pay the price of the service and who know how to guide
to his people on the path of holiness. This must be a priority in
our life, since so far it continues to be a reality in our
Indeed, the harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.

Pray for workers!

Isn't it interesting that Jesus asked for prayer? Don't you think that He alone
he could say the word and his Father would raise all the workers who
Would he need it? But that's not how it is! He works with us and somehow
the way He has chosen to move in response to our prayers. It is
it's easy to pray for workers if I am not one of them. But, how is it
Is it possible to see a hungry and hurt sheep and not respond?
we are truly motivated to act for what we are praying for.
Those who fervently pray for the harvest and the workers
necessary ones are more likely to have the compassion to go to
that harvest.

In the following verse (10:1), Jesus calls some of those

the same disciples whom he asked to pray, giving them authority and
sending them to the harvest. That is their expectation for each of
us. This was the first important step to solving the shortage
of workers. Now their ministry would multiply.

The Lord of the Harvest

The time of harvest has come
John 4:35
In today's world, the church of the Lord has been
moving carrying the living word and sowing the seed of
gospel in the fertile ground of souls.
In Spanish, three words are used to describe harvesting. The
the first is 'harvest'; which is when you cut the grain.
mature from the plant. Second is: "blind"; which is when the
ripe grain is put to dry. third is 'the harvest'; what is it
when he lifts it and takes it to the barns.
Do you not say: There are still four months until it arrives
the harvest? Here I tell you: Lift up your eyes and look at the
fields, for they are already white for the harvest.
This is a very good parable in which the Lord teaches us
to us the fertile fields of our neighborhood, our
neighborhood, our city our town etc. etc.
Jesus said: that the fields are already ready and that the harvest is
substantial, now is the time to harvest. At the same moment
that He declared this, a great spiritual harvest began.
In Matthew 13:38 the Lord takes care of giving us the explanation of
...The one who sows the good seed is the
son of man, the field is the world, the good seed are
the children of the kingdom...
The growth that God is bringing about.
The harvest time comes because the fields (which are the
world); they are already white, ready to be blinded,
hungry for the knowledge of God and thirsty to drink from the water of
life.

Remember, God is the Lord of the harvest. This is the harvest;

it is not yours. It does not belong to any particular church.
We are all working for the same Master of the
harvest (hopefully!). More important than filling your own
silos means not losing the mature grain and working together
to ensure the best harvest. With too much
frequency, we are undermining the efforts of others to
to claim a greater harvest. God is not pleased if
we lose what He has planted and cared for with much
darling!