We have much work to do in the Lord's Vineyard.
Jesus felt compassion for the great multitude, not only for their physical needs but for their spiritual needs. Today, just as in Jesus' time, the harvest represents all those people who today have no hope.
These people need salvation, someone to guide them to Jesus. But we are the ones who must act, and there are very few who are willing to work, to go out of their communities to make Jesus known and share the faith and truth of God.
Sometimes we think this calling is simply for pastors or missionaries, but I want to tell you that this calling is for you and me, and for anyone who understands that life is not simply about living, but that we have a great purpose in God, and there are many who need God through us.
Today, like many other times, we can pray all of this, but we also have to take action and be part of the answer to that prayer. We must dedicate our time and work with a willing heart, ready to bless others.
Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few." 38 Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest.
Matthew 9:37-38