"And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do,
that the Father may be glorified in the Son."
-John 14:13-
Further Readings: John 14:12-14
The key to evangelism is in the hand of God, and that key is prayer. The key is not in "work" as the word is commonly used today, which often results in the shifting of our focus away from God. The key is in following the Master's orders— the key is prayer. In the natural realm, prayer is not practical but absurd. We have to realize that prayer is foolish from the common sense point of view.
From Jesus Christ's perspective, there are no nations, but only the world. How many of us pray without regard to the persons, but with regard to only one Person— Jesus Christ? He owns the harvest that is produced through distress and through conviction of sin. This is the harvest for which we have to pray that labourers be sent out to reap, and be ready to be the answer to that prayer.
We stay busy at work, while people all around us are ripe and ready to be harvested; we do not reap even one of them, but simply waste our Lord's time in overenergized activities and programs. Suppose a crisis were to come into your father's or your brother's life— are you there as a labourer to reap the harvest for Jesus Christ? Is your response, "Oh, but I have a special work to do!" No Christian has a special work to do. A Christian is called to be Jesus Christ's own, "a servant [who] is not greater than his master" (John 13:16), and NOT someone who dictates to Jesus Christ what he intends to do. Our Lord calls us to no special work— He calls us to Himself. "Pray the Lord of the harvest," and He will engineer your circumstances to send you out as His laborer.
To Meditate:
How is your prayer life? Do you think that your prayers are as powerful as God always intended His gift of prayer to be?
Pray for the burden to be in you. Burden for the Lost.
Pray for: (Today is the 3rd day)
1. The people (should be 3 people) who received a tract from you
2. Continual love for the lost ones
3. God's prompting and desire to pray more during the day
