Bible Question: Where is the scripture 'My house is full, but my fields are empty..'? |
Bible Answer: EdB, the words are from a song. The song is probably based on some words Jesus spoke in Matthew 9. Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith he unto his disciples, "The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest". A related passage is in Luke 10. The Lord appointed seventy, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. Therefore said he unto them, "The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest". The writer may have also been thinking of a parable in Matthew 21. "What think ye?" Jesus asked. "A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard. He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went". I think Kroger has been moved by that song and wants to know if the message is Biblical. The words are haunting: “But who will go into my fields? Who will go into my fields?” It is reminiscent of the Lord’s question in Isaiah 6: “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?”. We would like to answer like isaiah did, “Here am I; send me”, but we don’t. We know that Jesus wants us to go preach the Gospel, but we haven't been doing it too much. We know we need to repent and start doing it. The parable reminds us we can. BTW, We have a program called Gospel for Neighbors that encourages and equips people to do just that. |
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