“The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest” Luke 10:2.
The catalyst for the largest mobilization of students ever for worldwide missions was a simple prayer meeting that was held during a summer afternoon thunderstorm in 1806. This “Haystack Meeting” of only five students launched what was to become the Student Volunteer Movement which is credited with motivating twenty thousand missionaries to consider global vocational ministry.
Why can’t a student-led, worldwide missions phenomenon happen again?
Our Lord Himself commanded us to pray to that end in Matthew 9:37 & 38 and Luke 10:2. The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are very few. Our almighty, sovereign God will send laborers into His harvest - if we pray.
So, why aren’t we doing that?
Friends, it’s time for another prayer meeting!
According to projections by the United Nations, the total population of the world will exceed seven billion people sometime in the middle of October 2012. If the harvest of souls was great in the first century, just think of what it will be by the time our world’s population reaches seven billion. It’s more important than ever that we pray “the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers.”
It’s time to be intentional about implementing this Biblical strategy. Praying for laborers is God’s plan, and it is something that He wants to bless. If the Lord used the fervent prayers of five college students meeting under a haystack to propel almost twenty thousand missionaries into the harvest, just think of what He could do if churches all across this nation (and even around the world) would intentionally mobilize their people to pray specifically for harvest workers. Who knows what might happen? Perhaps our Lord would supernaturally bless a new prayer emphasis to launch another great awakening of students into worldwide vocational ministry!
So we are asking youth workers everywhere to prayerfully consider a specific and intentional prayer emphasis for harvest workers on Sunday, October 11, 2009. This could be huge! Perhaps through our combined efforts to be intentional about praying for harvest laborers, God may choose to launch another great movement of students heading into global missions.
Very little organization or planning is needed. All we’re asking you to do is to carve out some time on Sunday to pray specifically and intentionally for this one particular matter. Some churches have scheduled early morning prayer breakfasts; others are taking their Sunday School hour to pray; and others are scheduling time in the morning service to pray. The point is to take some time this Sunday to pray for God to call a new generation of workers into His harvest fields.
It’s time for another prayer meeting!
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