I know it has been I while and Im sorry, I'm hoping to upload some of my sermons soon in my podcast section so keep a heads up for those and the following is what I will be sharing tomorrow for sharing time at my church. I hope you enjoy :)
“Then He said to them, “The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”
Luke 10:2
Labor Day weekend is my weekend, I claim it! Not only has it assured me an extra day off from work or school but it has always guaranteed that there would be a day off to celebrate my Birthday! It wasn't until recently though that I actually looked into the history of Labor Day and where it comes from. “Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.”1
When I first read this, there were three key words that stuck out to me; Contributions, strength and prosperity. I began to associate these words with another type of “Labor Day”. By exchanging the use of the word country for church or Body of Christ we can draw a directive from this September holiday.
For this brief interlude of time for which I have your attention I want not to give you answers, but to make you think. As you go throughout the rest of your day or week and you go into your own mission field, be that your work, home, or your own neighborhood, I want you to muddle through and contemplate the following. Are you doing all you can to Contribute, as one of the laborers for the bountiful harvest of God? Are you lending your Strength when others may stumble and fall or giving encouragement to the downtrodden God has placed in your path? And lastly are you listening closely to the Holy Spirit so that in whatever you may do you may be Profitable in your witness that the day of the Lord may come soon and his Laborers may go home?
