Wednesday, June 29



Matthew 9:37
Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.


Reflection
Jesus recognized that many people needed to hear the proclamation of the new thing that God was doing through him.  Jesus had compassion on the people and he wanted them to know the truth that he brought into the world.  However, Jesus recognized this critical fact: There was a great shortage of the number of people who were capable or who were willing to share that good news.  I am sure that seeing so many people who needed the truth, and knowing that there were so few people to communicate that message to others, made Jesus very sad.

When we see the number of people who need Jesus and the lack of people to share Jesus with them, does that activate compassion and sadness within us?  If it does, how should we respond?