Go (Lake)

. . . therefore ask the Lord of the harvest . . . . Go on your way . . . . 

 - From Luke 10

Christ identifies a problem:

There are a lot of lost people . . . hurting people . . . sick people . . . hungry people . . . jobless people . . . homeless people . . . dying people . . . .

But that's only part of the problem. The Real problem is that there aren't enough people willing to do anything about it.

Have you ever wondered what God's plan was, for your life? Is there any chance that God's plan would contradict this plain action plan from the Lord? He just said there are serious problems, and not enough people to solve the problems.

The first part to Jesus' solution is to pray. He gives us His prayer request:

Ask the Lord of the Harvest to send laborers. 

Ask God to send ministers, missionaries, pastors, teachers, healers, encouragers. People that can build God's Kingdom.

If you fervently pray that God send out servant-ministers, can you then, with a straight face, tell a talented teenager to "be realistic" and pursue a career that pays a lot of money? Oh sure . . . most earnest young believers may lack a "call" to the ministry; but they'll focus on earning lots of money that can be donated.

But will they earn the money? And will they follow through on charitable giving?

Jesus says to pray for laborers, not for more income. He wants you, not your money.

And after telling us to pray for laborers, He next says: "Go on your way." And He says to just go, without even spending time to plan out your ministry, or to gather up your things. He will provide. No fundraisers. No decade of savings. No waiting for retirement.

Go!

Therefore, we have the answer to the prayer, in our own hands.

Pray for laborers, and then Go!

Go on your way. Start moving. Go forward. Go backward. But Go.