Look at the Fields

I found myself thinking about Jesus' Word to the disciples,  "Lift up your eyes and look at the fields." I find that in many cases we are so distracted as a people. Politics and the news take center stage.  So much so, when we tell people regardless of party lines, they need to pray, we are likely to be seen as favoring one side or the other.

There is also the multitude of personal concerns so that many of us could pray for hours, and not repeat a single request.

But Jesus urges us to lift up our eyes and look out to the world...I want to say look what is happening to believers around the world.  Persecution has ramped up in so called democracies and dictatorships are beginning to sound like they did in the 60's and beyond. 

This is not the time for church politics and pettiness. Look at the fields, the harvest needs to come in and we have tons of opposition. That my friends,  is where the fight really is. May God open our eyes.