The harvest waits week 33, 2012

Can it be that now the labourers are many but the harvest is little? I used to know it was said the harvest is plenteous but the labourers are few. Not so my dear, I assure you the harvest is yet plenteous. Why else would the Lord say "Don't be afraid to keep on preaching. Don't stop! I am with you, and you won't be harmed. Many people in this city belong to me."Act 18:9, 10(CEV). Well I don’t know about you but I have so many workers hanging around with nowhere to go. Do you mean there are no more mission fields; all places have been fully covered? Not exactly, but how can I send them where there are no support facilities, no accommodation... Well why not? Did not the Lord warn those who were to follow He has nowhere to lay His head? As they were going along the road, someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go." And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head." Lk 9:57, 58(ESV). Ah, not these workers, not today. If I try that when they see war all of them will turn back. God didn't lead them on the road through Philistine territory, although that was the shortest route. God said, "If they see that they have to fight a war, they may change their minds and go back to Egypt." Ex 13:17(GW).
So the problem is not that the harvest is small but we lack the right kind of workers. Are you suggesting I send out people without caring for them? Are they slaves or what? Shelter is a basic need. May I tell you that those whom God sent, who brought in large harvest where not deterred by shelter or the lack of it? To this very hour we are hungry, thirsty, dressed in rags, brutally treated, and homeless. We wear ourselves out from working with our own hands. When insulted, we bless. When persecuted, we endure1Cor 4:11, 12(ISV). I still don’t feel comfortable sending them out. My dear it’s not only you that is uncomfortable, I believe God waits for the right kind of worker before sending people. Have you read Paul’s statement by the spirit in Phil 2:19, 20(ISV) I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon… For I have no one like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare? He also had people around him, workers he dared not send: For all the others look after their own interests, not after those of Jesus Christ Phil 2:21(ISV). The harvest is still plenteous. If you are not experiencing that the matter is still we lack the right type of labourers. Ever wondered why some townships swarm with churches while the villages lack? You talk a lot; let’s see you give up your house.