Missionary Renegade: Jews for Jesus Devotions "Week One: People with Vision to Advance the Gospel" for Friday, 5 September 2014

Friday, September 5, 2014

Jews for Jesus Devotions "Week One: People with Vision to Advance the Gospel" for Friday, 5 September 2014

Matthew 9:37

Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few."

Week One:
People with Vision to Advance the Gospel

In a parallel passage, Jesus told His disciples, "Lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest!" (John 4:35). Now the harvest Jesus was referring to at the time was a particular group of people - the Samaritans. Which means they were people who would likely be overlooked by the Jewish religious leaders of the day.

If we don't see the harvest, the number of laborers is irrelevant. And there's always the danger of overlooking the very people God wants us to reach. How do we see the harvest? First by focusing on God and what He wants, rather than focusing on what we want or our preconceived ideas about who God might be drawing to Himself. Then that focus will enable us to truly love where God wants us to love, so that we are looking out for the interests of those He points out. Finally, that love should shape our dreams and propel us to achieve them by reaching out and going to those people God brings to our minds and hearts. Let's look, love and leave our comfort zones as God sends us into His harvest!

Written by David Brickner

Prayer Prompt

Pray that God will direct Jews for Jesus to those Jewish people who are ready to receive His gospel, and also give you a vision for whomever He wants you to reach.

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