White Fields

by Pastor Karen Runjo

I lived and worked for a while in a country town. I’m from a mining country town but this was a farming one and I was fascinated with the changing seasons reflected in the paddocks and their various crops. There was so much beauty in the dark red-brown earth of a freshly turned paddock; in the bright green on fresh, tender growth, in the yellowing of a maturing crop and finally in the harvest-ready crop. The sun shining on and reflecting off a ready crop, is a sight to behold. They truly are ‘white unto harvest’ as the bible describes the ready hearts of soon-to-be new believers.

Have we got ‘eyes to see’ the work going on in the fields all around us? We are better together. Farmers jump in and help one another to get a ready crop in while the conditions are right. Could you be the person that jumps in and helps see the salvation of someone’s friend, family member or work colleague today? Working together we can see the ripe and white fields brought into the kingdom as they are ready.

John 4:35-37 “Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest. Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. For here the saying holds true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’ I sent you to reap that for which you did not labour. Others have laboured, and you have entered into their labour.”

Prayer thought:

Pray today and ask God to show you a heart that is ready for harvest. Pray for that person, the people surrounding them and the courage for you to be the harvester for a ready soul.

Dear Lord Jesus,

I know I am a sinner. I believe You died for my sins.

Right now, I turn from my sins and open the door of my heart and life.

I confess You as my personal Lord and Savior.

Thank you for saving me.

Amen