THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2025
THE HARVEST IS NOW – Pastor Chris
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).
The Lord Jesus corrected a mindset in His disciples that still persists in some people today—the idea that the harvest is in the future. But the harvest is now. The fields are ripe for harvest. Ponder again the words of the Master; He said, “Lift up your eyes…the fields are already white!” In other words, the time to act is now.
There are people all around you who are ready to receive the Gospel. They may not look it. They may not act like it. But in their hearts, they’re searching, yearning, and waiting for God’s truth. It reminds of what the Bible says in Romans 8:19, “For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.”
You’re the one they’re waiting for to bring them into the liberty of the sons of God. You’re the one to deliver them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God (Acts 26:18). Don’t assume people aren’t interested in the Gospel; many are simply waiting for someone to expound it to them. That someone is you. They’re waiting to see, hear, and experience the love, grace and compassion of Christ through you.
When you lift your eyes with the Spirit’s insight, you’ll see opportunities in your school, office, family, community, city, town, village, and even online to spread the message of the Gospel and impact many lives with the love of Christ. The harvest is right where you are. So, be available, be sensitive. The harvest isn’t only ripe, it’s urgent, and the time to reap is now!
PRAYER Dear Father, thank you for opening my eyes to see the harvest around me. I respond with love, faith, boldness and compassion to this challenge of the harvest, taking my place as a faithful labourer in your field, bringing many to salvation, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY
Matthew 9:37-38 KJV
Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
Acts 8:29-31 KJV
Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. 30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? 31 And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
Acts 26:16-18 KJV
But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee; 17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1-Year Bible Reading Plan: Revelation 3:7-22 & Hosea 7-10
2-Year Bible Reading Plan: John 19:23-37 & 2 Chronicles 23-24
