I heard a country song the other day by Luke Bryan called Harvest Time. The theme of the song is the hard work that farmers do this time of year. Everything else stops while these guys and gals work like crazy to gather whatever is in the field. The top priority is getting all the crops in. The bridge of the song says: At a quarter ’til 2 I kick off my boots in the laundry room. We’ll start it all over tomorrow at noon ’til it’s all done, until we’re all done.
Can you image a farmer who, at harvest time says, “who cares?”
My whole life, I have heard people in the church talk about harvest time – as a spiritual metaphor. The crops are the people who need Christ and we are supposed to be the “farmers” that bring them to Him. The idea comes from what Jesus said, “…wake up and look around. The fields are already ripe for harvest.” John 4:35 (NLT)
We sing the songs, hear the sermons and even name some of our churches something connected with the idea of “Harvest”.
Well, I’m not buying it. We don’t believe it. Most Christians I know do not believe that this is harvest time. We do not believe that our time to work for God is short or that there are a lot of people who need Jesus. In fact, it appears that there is very little urgency by most American Christians to gather any crops (souls) for God’s kingdom. If we believe it is harvest time, we would adopt Luke Bryan’s approach and work hard until the job is done. We would do whatever it takes to get the job done. As it is, we may as well be saying, “who cares?”.
I guess that’s why Jesus said, “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.” (Luke 10:2 NLT) I am praying for laborers, but I want to do more laboring in the field.
Thoughts on Life and Leading 
I would definitely place this as my #1 weakest point as a believer. I’ve made some headway in being open with sharing the actual personal experiences of my walk with God, but I don’t have the sense of urgency I should.
It makes me wonder how much I really value some of the people around me that I call “friend”.
Megan, as a “professional speaker” for the Lord, I find it easy to be bold, while I am preaching or teaching. The personal, one on one boldness doesn’t come as easily. It may be because preaching is so one-sided – there is no chance for people to argue back. I also need to work on my sense of urgency which will create boldness is every situation. The harvest is there.