God Is Calling His People to the Harvest

The greatest threat to soul winning is not outside the church but inside the church. We can use all the excuses we want, but the truth is that we lost America because we stopped winning souls.

The miracle harvest that awaits you begins with a sobering truth. We are at odds with God the Father regarding soul winning. He sees winning the lost as the supreme function of the church.

God the Father gave His Son for one major reason. It’s found in John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” Sometimes the most important truths are so simple and familiar that we lose the meaning entirely.

How much did God the Father love the world? So much that He gave His only Son. That is what He did.

Why did He give His Son? So that souls would not be lost.

You and I can name all sorts of things we think the church should be doing. But we are on totally different frequencies when we do not win souls. And the fact of the matter is, we simply don’t see the supremacy of winning souls the way God the Father does.

Soul winning is not primarily attacked in the church by direct words, although sometimes it is. It is usually attacked by culture and attitude.

Prayer Is the Key We Are Looking For

The immediate command of Jesus was “pray [to] the Lord of the harvest” (Luke 10:2). Interestingly, we do not see where Jesus taught His disciples how to preach. But He did teach them to pray.

What must prayer consist of if even preaching does not rank as its equal? I am not saying preaching is not important. I am saying that a sermon will ignite a thousand-fold more from prayer than from the mechanics of public speaking.

What are we praying? Notice this: our prayer must be the urgent reaction to finding out souls are ready to be saved, and we must have workers to go and get them before it is too late.

Jesus is not saying we should pray for lost souls to get ready or to make them responsive to the preaching. We are imploring the Father to send workers before the harvest is lost. Why are we imploring God the Father about this? Because He has the power to send.

Prayer will lift you out of limits and evil. It will cleanse you of the world’s noise and clamor. Satan controls the soundtrack and the volume—until you pray.

Also, I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here am I. Send me.” —Isaiah 6:8, MEV