Getting God's work Done
Matthew 9:38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest.
The Lord's work needs to be done. it requires laborers who will go out into the harvest fields, and who will gather souls into the Kingdom of Christ. This is our work. Make no mistake about it. Today the focus has shifted from the true realm of Christian responsibility. We have preachers telling their churches, they should be involved with the political process, and we should vote or support political agendas, to change our government and our world. But the fact is, that this is not a duty for Christians. Christians are called to something far more important. We are in the soul gathering business. We are harvesters for Jesus Christ, and that involves calling men and nations to repent, but it does not involve voting or any other nonsense that sidetracks us from our actual duty. The work to which Christians are called is harvesting souls for Christ. This is accomplished through the gospel, and never through politics. "Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God" (Romans 10:17). We must not allow Satan to sidetrack us from our primary duty, even if we conceive of something else as a secondary duty. This is the only mandate and mission we have been given by our Lord...to "go into all the world and preach the gospel" (Mark 16:15). That is our only authorized mission. All other so called secondary agendas like political activism, are distractions and hinderances, and they do not adavance the cause of Christ, no matter how well intentioned or thoughtful they may be. The great commission, and its fulfilment by obedient Christians, is what advances the cause of Christ. Don't be deceived or waylayed by other things that are nowhere near as important as this. God has commanded us, and called us to the highest and best work on earth, and that is the work which we should be setting our hearts and minds around, not on trivial things that are of no importance or concern to Christians.
You will notice from this verse how this work is actually accomplished. "Pray ye therefore" indicates that this work is first accomplished in answer to prayer. I have been mocked by some of my Christian broothers, because I have a stance that prayer can actually accomplish something great in America. I choose not to vote, because I feel prayer accomplishes something of real Christian value. I have been mocked for this stance, I have been told that my head is in the clouds, and that it is completely unrealistic. I have been told that Christians should also vote or support a political candidate in order to assure that my Christian values are upheld in Washington. That sounds great, but it is an insult to my God who says that He will provide all things that I have need of when I simply ask Him. Which is beeter politics or prayer? The answer is clear. Prayer can accomplish everything politics can accomplish, and far more. Thats why Christians are told to "pray to the lord of the harvest" in order to get God's work done. Pray actaully does something. When you vote as a Christian, you accomplish nothing except surrendering your rights to the majority who wins every election. The majority are on the broad road that leads to destruction. and the majority are unbelievers who do not value Christian moral principles one iota. In fact they love darkness rather than light, and when you vote in the elections you agree to surrender and allwo them to govern you by their godless and selfish humanistic agenda's. Voting is always counterproductive for Christians, because Christians always lose in general elections, because we are always the minority, the remnant, the few. The many win, and the few lose.
But this should not deter you from influencing and changing your government, your nation and your world. They way we do it, and the way we get God's work done, is first of all on our knees. Voting in the prayer closet, moves the hand that moves the world. This accomplishes everything God wants to accomplish. And you will never find yourself voting for a candidate whom God does not intend to put in office. You will therefore never be voting against God's , by voting for a candidate He has not selected, when you vote on your knees, and pray the lord of the harvest to send forth the laborers whom he has chosen to work in His harvest fields.
Dear Christian freind. We cannot improve upon Jesus Christ and His perfect methodology for accomplishing God's will and work in our lives and in this world. Start by praying to your heavenly Father. He is the Lord who directs and controls the great harvest of souls. This is His work. Concentrate all your efforts upon this, and you will; do more good, then if you ran 10,000 campaigns for politics, voting and the other stuff that does nothing to further Christ's cause and agenda of truth and righteousness. Don't try to improve upon Christ's methods. He knows what works, and He knows what will actually get God's work done.
© 2012 Rev Earl Jackson www.RevEarlJackson.com
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Matthew 9:38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest.
The Lord's work needs to be done. it requires laborers who will go out into the harvest fields, and who will gather souls into the Kingdom of Christ. This is our work. Make no mistake about it. Today the focus has shifted from the true realm of Christian responsibility. We have preachers telling their churches, they should be involved with the political process, and we should vote or support political agendas, to change our government and our world. But the fact is, that this is not a duty for Christians. Christians are called to something far more important. We are in the soul gathering business. We are harvesters for Jesus Christ, and that involves calling men and nations to repent, but it does not involve voting or any other nonsense that sidetracks us from our actual duty. The work to which Christians are called is harvesting souls for Christ. This is accomplished through the gospel, and never through politics. "Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God" (Romans 10:17). We must not allow Satan to sidetrack us from our primary duty, even if we conceive of something else as a secondary duty. This is the only mandate and mission we have been given by our Lord...to "go into all the world and preach the gospel" (Mark 16:15). That is our only authorized mission. All other so called secondary agendas like political activism, are distractions and hinderances, and they do not adavance the cause of Christ, no matter how well intentioned or thoughtful they may be. The great commission, and its fulfilment by obedient Christians, is what advances the cause of Christ. Don't be deceived or waylayed by other things that are nowhere near as important as this. God has commanded us, and called us to the highest and best work on earth, and that is the work which we should be setting our hearts and minds around, not on trivial things that are of no importance or concern to Christians.
You will notice from this verse how this work is actually accomplished. "Pray ye therefore" indicates that this work is first accomplished in answer to prayer. I have been mocked by some of my Christian broothers, because I have a stance that prayer can actually accomplish something great in America. I choose not to vote, because I feel prayer accomplishes something of real Christian value. I have been mocked for this stance, I have been told that my head is in the clouds, and that it is completely unrealistic. I have been told that Christians should also vote or support a political candidate in order to assure that my Christian values are upheld in Washington. That sounds great, but it is an insult to my God who says that He will provide all things that I have need of when I simply ask Him. Which is beeter politics or prayer? The answer is clear. Prayer can accomplish everything politics can accomplish, and far more. Thats why Christians are told to "pray to the lord of the harvest" in order to get God's work done. Pray actaully does something. When you vote as a Christian, you accomplish nothing except surrendering your rights to the majority who wins every election. The majority are on the broad road that leads to destruction. and the majority are unbelievers who do not value Christian moral principles one iota. In fact they love darkness rather than light, and when you vote in the elections you agree to surrender and allwo them to govern you by their godless and selfish humanistic agenda's. Voting is always counterproductive for Christians, because Christians always lose in general elections, because we are always the minority, the remnant, the few. The many win, and the few lose.
But this should not deter you from influencing and changing your government, your nation and your world. They way we do it, and the way we get God's work done, is first of all on our knees. Voting in the prayer closet, moves the hand that moves the world. This accomplishes everything God wants to accomplish. And you will never find yourself voting for a candidate whom God does not intend to put in office. You will therefore never be voting against God's , by voting for a candidate He has not selected, when you vote on your knees, and pray the lord of the harvest to send forth the laborers whom he has chosen to work in His harvest fields.
Dear Christian freind. We cannot improve upon Jesus Christ and His perfect methodology for accomplishing God's will and work in our lives and in this world. Start by praying to your heavenly Father. He is the Lord who directs and controls the great harvest of souls. This is His work. Concentrate all your efforts upon this, and you will; do more good, then if you ran 10,000 campaigns for politics, voting and the other stuff that does nothing to further Christ's cause and agenda of truth and righteousness. Don't try to improve upon Christ's methods. He knows what works, and He knows what will actually get God's work done.
© 2012 Rev Earl Jackson www.RevEarlJackson.com
This article may be reproduced on any website or blog in its entirety without alteration of change, provided that this copyright and a link back to this website is made. Please inform us if you use this article and send us the link to where you have placed it. You may not reproduce this article in any other form, such as hard copy, and it is not permitted to sell it or otherwise use it for money making purposes.