Harvest Hastens!

Farmers labor many months for a crop, but have only a small window of time to harvest it before it spoils in the field.

I once heard a story about an 11-year-old pastor’s son who bundled up on a Sunday afternoon and said to his father, “Okay, Dad, I’m ready.”

His father, was surprised and said, “Ready for what?”

“To go out like we always do and pass out tracts.”

His dad responded, “Son, it is very cold outside, and it is pouring down rain.”

The surprised son replied, “But, Dad, aren’t people still going to hell even though it is raining?”

The father decided to let him go alone. After two hours of walking in the rain, he was soaking wet. With one final tract he approached the nearest house and rang the doorbell. He rang it again and again with no response. Finally the door slowly opened and a very sad-looking woman said, “What can I do for you, son?”

With a smile he said, “Ma’am, I just want to tell you that Jesus really loves you, and I want to give you my last Gospel tract that will tell you all about Jesus and His great love.”

The following Sunday morning the pastor asked if anyone had a testimony to share. A woman stood up and said, “Last Sunday I no longer had any hope or will to live. So I went to my attic and prepared to hang myself. As I stood on a chair with a rope tied around my neck, I was about to jump, but then I heard the doorbell ringing. I thought I would wait until it stopped, but it kept on ringing. Finally, I loosened the rope and went to answer the door. I could hardly believe my eyes! The most radiant, angelic boy I had ever seen stood there telling me that Jesus loved me. I accepted the tract he offered me, read every word, and became a Christian.”

Jesus tells us that there is a bumper crop waiting to be harvested and warns us, “Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest” (John 4:35).

How many friends and neighbors will look at us on Judgment Day and ask, “If you knew the truth about eternal life, why didn’t you tell us about it?” Let’s list the people we know God wants us to talk to about the Lord and ask Him to develop a sense of urgency in our lives for doing it!

3 Comments

  1. David Frazer June 9, 2011 at 1:08 pm #

    Wow! What a reminder of our duty to sow the Word whatever the results. – Ezekiel 33:1-20 Thanks for sharing!

  2. Amanda June 9, 2011 at 1:23 pm #

    That’s an amazing story with a great reminder! It encourages me to always “be ready always to give an answer… a reason of the hope that lieth within [me]…”(or a tract, or even just a genuine smile – wherever the Spirit leads). You never know how the Lord will use it!

  3. Ashley McKevitt June 10, 2011 at 2:41 pm #

    Wow! Thanks for the encouragement!

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