God's message Matthew 8:37-38 37 “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. 38 Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” Jesus observed the crowds who were "harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd". He tells his disciples that the spiritual "harvest" is abundant, but the willing "laborers" to help and guide people are scarce. The " *harvest* " represents an immense number of people needing guidance and salvation, while the " *laborers* " are the believers actively stepping up to do the work. There are too many people to help and very few workers to work, the helpers become burnt out and the tasks remain unmet or undone. In the Bible in New Testament it refers to three types of harvest: Salvation, Character and Blessing. The most common and perhaps the most important harvest is "salvation". Its a Call to Prayer. Instead of merely asking for more people to be saved, Jesus instructed his followers to "pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers". We need to pray for the right connections to join in the harvest, just like a connection between a switch and a bulb, if the wiring is correct the connection will be right and if its bad then bulb won't switch on...