Prepare For Summer Spiritual Harvest

If we are too busy to pray then we are too busy. Jesus is our model in prayer. Jesus was never too busy to spend plenty of time in prayer. Jesus prayed before every difficult task or crisis in his ministry.

When Jesus was arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane he was praying.

To become a workers/harvester requires prayer and putting feet to our prayers. There is a battle going on in the hearts and souls of men and women, young people and boys and girls in our neighborhoods.

We are living in a tough battle zone here in the Silicon Valley. In our valley God as creator of heaven and earth is forgotten and ignored. God is looking for men and women to stand in the gap and void caused by unbelief and sin.

Ezekiel in chapter 22 takes about the sins of Jerusalem. People have turned to idolatry and immorality. The people had ignored the laws of the Lord. Ezekiel 22:30 The Sovereign Lord says, “I looked for someone who might rebuild the wall of righteousness that guards the land. I searched for someone to stand in the gap in the wall so I wouldn’t have to destroy the land, but I found no one.”

Jesus asks us to pray for workers to stand in the gap of prayerlessness. Jesus asks us to stand in the gap of unrighteousness. People are seeking truth. People are seeking meaning in life. People are searching for God’s love and understanding. Jesus asks us to stand in the gap and help people know who they can become in Christ.

Jesus calls His workers to take action, take initiative and go on the offense. For too long we have been on the defense. We huddle in our boxes and fail to get out into the playing field of life. Jesus promises that His Church is triumphant – Matthew 16:18, “Now I say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it.”

Jesus asked His disciples a question: “Who do people say that the Son of Man is.” They answered, some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and other say Jeremiah or one of the other prophets. Jesus then turned to the disciples and asked, “Who do you say I am?”

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Jesus responded with the statement in Matthew 16:18. Jesus would build His Church on the foundation of faithful men and women just like Peter. The church would be triumphant. The church would be on the march. Satan might try to stand in the way, but the church of Jesus Christ would be unstoppable.

II Corinthians 10:4-5 gives the promise of power we have in prayer: “We are human, but we don’t wage war with human plans and methods. We use God’s mighty weapons, not mere worldly weapons, to knock down the Devil’s strongholds. With these weapons we break down every proud argument that keeps people from knowing God. With these weapons we conquer their rebellious ideas, and we teach them to obey Christ.”

When we pray we are punching holes in the spiritual darkness that hangs over the Silicon Valley. When we pray we knock down Satan’s strongholds. Jesus can turn the darkest corner into light.