"Then he said to his disciples, 'The harvest is truly plentiful, but the laborers are few." Matthew 9:37
I've said it before, I'll say it again, context is very very important when reading the Bible, especially the words of Jesus, so...
"When he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd." 9:36
Jesus looks out and the crowd and he hurts for them. He hurts for them because they are hurting, and he knows God can be of help to them if there were people who would move in God's name. He looks around and sees 12 men and questions if that's enough.
2000 or so years later and there are even more people who are hurting and if I were Jesus I may wonder why. After all, there are upwards of 30,000 Christian denominations in this world, an almost incalculable amount of churches, millions of pastors and lay leaders and really, not much has changed.
I wonder if Jesus would look down at us and ask us why. Why we don't have more compassion for the hurting? Why we don't show his love better? Why are there so many workers yet the harvest has not been brought in?
+ When you hear/read scripture do you look at its larger context?
+ Do you agree that there are a lot of workers?
+ Do you agree with my critique of the church?
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