The fields are already ripe

When I once tried to discuss the Gospel of Jesus with my sister’s son—a bright young “mad scientist” as he jokingly calls himself—he told me that his dream was to build bombs and weapons. I thought to myself, “This one’s not ready yet.”

But still, I shared a little about salvation with him and quietly added his name to what I call my Salvation List—a personal list of people I want to see in heaven with me.

I didn’t preach a sermon. I didn’t argue or debate.

But God heard my simple prayer.And less than a year later, that same young man was baptized.

It reminded me of what Jesus said in Luke 13:29–30:

“People will come from east and west and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God.Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last.”

In other words: we shall be surprised.

Some we think are too hardened or too far off… may be the very ones already ripe for harvest.

Friend, I’ve learned something:

The harvest doesn’t always look like a church crowd. It might look like a teenager with strange dreams. It might look like someone you gave up on long ago.

Jesus says,

“Lift up your eyes… the fields are already ripe.”

We cannot always tell who God has prepared.We can only be faithful.

And I realized… God is working on hearts long before we ever speak. Sometimes, all He needs from us is one seed—and one prayer.

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