Help Wanted

 Matthew 9: 32-38

³² While they were going out, a man who was demon-possessed and could not talk was brought to Jesus. ³³ And when the demon was driven out, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowd was amazed and said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.”

³⁴ But the Pharisees said, “It is by the prince of demons that he drives out demons.”

The Workers Are Few.

³⁵ Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. ³⁶ When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. ³⁷ Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. ³⁸ Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”

Even when Jesus was alive working miracles everywhere, there was still a dirth of laborers to work with him, as there is today. What holds so many of us back from joining Jesus in his marvelous mission of teaching, healing, encouraging, or witnessing by our simple presence that God is with us, wants nothing but our good, and would love to have us as part of his "band of brothers or sisters?"  We have nothing to lose, but everything to gain. Where and how can I pitch in today to help Jesus?  Dear God, help me to be generous with the gifts you have given me; give me the eyes and ears to discover where my simple gifts might do more good than I can imagine!

Bro. Rene