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Made for More
“People Helping People Make A Difference”
Carl Nichols

BIG IDEA: The only thing separating difference-makers from seat-takers is obedience.

Nehemiah 9:38 
(Levites to the all the Israelites) “In view of all this, we are making a binding agreement, putting it in writing, and our leaders, Levites and priests are affixing their seals to it.” Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”

Diagnosing the Disconnect…
We don’t have a harvest problem, we have a laborers problem.

Matthew 9:37
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.”

The covenant was a call for laborers.

The covenant produced active participation, not passive faith.

Four Categories of People:

  • Influencer - audience-focused

  • Hireling - paycheck- or rewards-focused

  • Servant - calling-focused

  • Laborer - harvest-focused

Diagnosing the Disconnect…
We don’t just have a laborers problem, we have a prayer problem.

Matthew 9:37
(Jesus) “Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”

The covenant required prayerful dependance.

Diagnosing the Disconnect…
We don’t just have a prayer problem, we have a pride problem.

Pride makes prayer optional rather than primary.

If we are too busy to pray, we are too busy to have authority.

The covenant required humility before responsibility. 

Diagnosing the Disconnect…
We don’t just have a pride problem, we have a heart problem.

Matthew 9:36
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

The covenant was proof of a heart fully devoted to God.

The covenant resulted in a revived and renewed people.

Acts 2:42-47
[The church] devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

The fields are ready. Heaven is hiring. The only question left is, will you clock in?

The problem isn’t the harvest, it’s the heart.