The Harvest is Ready by Pastor Brent Lokker

God has a multitude of ways to communicate with us—His Spirit interacting with ours because we are one, according to Him! He shares His heart through whispers into our very being, through “God-incidences,” through nature, through songs, through numbers, through dreams, through prophetic messages from others, and through certain Scriptures that jump to life right when we need them, just to name a few. The Lord has clearly and increasingly been communicating His heart that He loves all of his children around the world, that He wants His house full and that there is a Harvest of souls coming into His Kingdom right now! It’s easy for us to say that this harvest will happen some day when…

But Jesus said, “Why would you say, ‘The harvest is another four months away’? Look at all the people coming—now is harvest time! For their hearts are like vast fields of ripened grain—ready for a spiritual harvest.” (John 4:35, TPT)

Jesus’ impassioned statement was directed towards His disciples after he had a God-drenched conversation with a woman at a well—a woman who was disdained by her community because of her life choices, a woman disdained by Jews because she was conceived as a half-breed (half Jew/half Gentile), and a woman who was deeply scared with the wounds of life and of others judging her to be “unworthy.” Jesus looked at her with compassion and was the face of our heavenly Father. He valued her. He saw her intrinsic worth. He had time. He cared. He offered her real life to replace the shell of a life she had known to this point. His word of knowledge that she had five husbands and that the one she was living with now was not her husband, wasn’t intended to shame her—Jesus would never do that in a million plus years! No, in that moment, Jesus was was putting a loving finger on the core of her pain and presented the only answer that ultimately heals everything: the Father’s love and acceptance. God is not distant. God is your Father! You are His daughter! You belong! This woman was so impacted that she ran to tell the townspeople. Wait…she ran to the ones who hated and judged her?? Only a genuine encounter with transforming love would have had this impact! She couldn’t help herself. She had to share about an encounter with one who “could very well be the Messiah we’ve been waiting for.” Because Jesus took time with one seemingly insignificant person—according to that society—this woman (who is traditionally named Photini, which means “enlightened one”) will go down as the first New Testament evangelist to win an entire city to Christ! That’s right, the whole town listened to this woman and came out to meet Jesus! That’s what one genuine encounter with the author of Love can do! God’s Spirit is moving… A huge harvest is coming… Sons and daughters are looking for and longing for the Father’s love and acceptance. They are needing to know a Savior who forgives them and sees their intrinsic worth. Revival looks like lives being shared in love. Are we ready? The time is now! Please read this remarkable story in John 4 and ask the Father to give you His heart for everyone you meet today. Here is our job description, as clear as day, communicated to us by the Lord through the Scriptures:

“God has made all things new, and reconciled us to himself, and given us the ministry of reconciling others to God.  In other words, it was through the Anointed One, Jesus, that the Father was shepherding the world, not even keeping records of their transgressions, and he has entrusted to us the ministry of opening the door of reconciliation to God.  We are ambassadors of the Anointed One who carry the message of Christ to the world, as though God were tenderly pleading with them directly through our lips. So we tenderly plead with you on Christ’s behalf, ‘Turn back to God and be reconciled to him.’” 2 Cor. 5:18-20 (TPT)

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