Detox in the Fields

I sense the need to be out doing the survey, talking to lost people, doing anything that is more than being oriented toward Christians. I need to be oriented toward the work, the harvest. I need to go through detox. I need to resist the resistance and go to work in the fields instead of talking about the fields to those who aren't in the fields. I need to "uncomplicate" my mind and "naturalize" my heart in terms of ministry. Even in thinking about "material" for working with "joe". Who needs material? I've got a Bible and the Spirit and a head full of stuff which is as much as you need in any country in the world.

I need to keep focused on the fields being white. That is a promise and an invitation. Jesus is saying that there will be a harvest. In John 5 Jesus says the Father is working. In John 4 He says that others have labored and He sends us in to their labor. That means there is openness and we'll find it if we are open to believe His Word. Jesus sat by a well during the wrong time of the day and spoke to the only person who came by, and the 'wrong' person at that, all by divine appointment. The Father had labored and the Son simply entered into that labor. Even Jesus seemed overcome by what the Father had arranged for Him. When the disciples asked Him to eat, Jesus had no appetite. Jesus said He had meat to eat that they knew nothing about. His true delight, filling Him up, satisfying His hunger, whatever, was to do the will of Him who sent Him and to accomplish His work.

So why work in the fields? The fields are ready. Not every person is ready, but I believe His word that there are some people ready. It needs to become natural, without resistance of heart and hesitation of thought. It needs to be filled with the faith and love that are in Christ. It needs to be the joy of working with the Son, the anticipation of seeing where the Father has been working. It needs to be the excitement of doing the Father's will and accomplishing His work, and being sustained and filled by that. It needs to be the faith and obedience and submission of glorifying the Father on His terms, not mine, by bearing much fruit and so proving to be a disciple of my Lord.