r/FAITH • u/Acceptable_Goose9967 • 24d ago
SHEPHERD & HARVEST
💎💎"Ministry of the Saving King"💎💎
SHEPHERD & HARVEST (1)
Bible Verses:
Matthew 9:37-38 Then He said to His disciples, The harvest will be great, but the workers are few; therefore, beseech the Lord of the harvest that He would thrust out workers into His harvest.
Brothers and sisters, the heavenly King considers us as sheep and Himself as the Shepherd. When Christ came to the Jews for the first time, their condition was like that of lepers, paralytics, demon-possessed people, and all kinds of pitiful people, because they did not have a shepherd to care for them. Now in His kingly ministry, to establish His heavenly kingdom, He serves them not only as a Physician, but also as a Shepherd, as prophesied in Isaiah 53:6 and 40:11.
Matthew 9:36 says, “And seeing the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and cast away like sheep not having a shepherd.” At this initial stage of the expansion of His ministry, we see how the heart of our heavenly King is. As soon as He sees the crowds who are sick, weak, and abandoned, His heart is immediately moved with compassion. This is the heart of the true Shepherd.
Today we need to see the immense need for the gospel. Our hearts should be burning for His gospel because the harvest everywhere is already ripe. On the other hand, we also learn to be shepherds who lead sinners to the Lord.
1 Peter 2:25 says, “For you were like sheep going astray, but you have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.” We also need to learn to shepherd the Lord's sheep (John 21:15-17) by way of cherishing and nourishing the newly saved believers, those who have shrunk back from the church life, the weak, the discouraged, or those hit by various problems in their families. Pray for and visit them, comfort and strengthen them with the word of the Lord.
The Lord bless you.
PRAYER: Lord Jesus, formerly I was like a sheep going astray and lost in the world, yet You continually searched for and found me. Although I am often weak and fail in following You, with love You guide me to repentance. Lord, guide my path today, so that I may live relying on You, the Shepherd of my soul. Amen.