THIRST FOR MORE: THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL
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Sunday, NOVEMBER 30, 2025
Pastor Muche Ukegbu
SCRIPTURE READING:
Thirsting for more of God, from God, & out of life.
The harvest:
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
v36
The harvest is people from all walks of life experiencing all types of need.
The harvest entails special attention to the vulnerable within a society.
For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes. 18 He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing. 19 And you are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt.
Deuteronomy 10:17-19
“Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord. “I will protect them from those who malign them.”
Psalm 12:5
Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.
Isaiah 1:17
The harvest is cared for & ruled by God.
Jesus’ heart:
he had compassion on them,
v36
God’s rule:
Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field
v38
The harvest is plentiful.
Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.
v37
The workers:
Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
Matthew 4:23
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.
Matthew 9:35
Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.
Matthew 10:1
As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.
Matthew 10:7
See as Jesus sees:
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
v34
Meanwhile his disciples urged him, “Rabbi, eat something.” 32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.” 33 Then his disciples said to each other, “Could someone have brought him food?” 34 “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. 35 Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.
John 4:31-35
Feel as Jesus feels:
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
v34
but the people there did not welcome him, because he was heading for Jerusalem. 54 When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?” 55 But Jesus turned and rebuked them.56 Then he and his disciples went to another village.
Luke 9:53-55
Compassion always costs the person who has it.
Do as Jesus does:
rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death—even death on a cross!
Philippians 2:7-8
As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.
John 17:18
The harvest needs workers who look like Jesus & are sent in the power of Jesus.
What comes next:
Pray to God for the harvest
Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field
v38
Partner with God in the harvest
What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. 6 I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. 7 So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. 8 The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor. 9 For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.
1 Corinthians 3:5-9
The harvest:
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
v36
The harvest is people from all walks of life experiencing all types of need.
The harvest entails special attention to the vulnerable within a society.
For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes. 18 He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing. 19 And you are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt.
Deuteronomy 10:17-19
“Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord. “I will protect them from those who malign them.”
Psalm 12:5
Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.
Isaiah 1:17
The harvest is cared for & ruled by God.
Jesus’ heart:
he had compassion on them,
v36
God’s rule:
Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field
v38
The harvest is plentiful.
Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.
v37
The workers:
Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
Matthew 4:23
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.
Matthew 9:35
Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.
Matthew 10:1
As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.
Matthew 10:7
See as Jesus sees:
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
v34
Meanwhile his disciples urged him, “Rabbi, eat something.” 32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.” 33 Then his disciples said to each other, “Could someone have brought him food?” 34 “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. 35 Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.
John 4:31-35
Feel as Jesus feels:
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
v34
but the people there did not welcome him, because he was heading for Jerusalem. 54 When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?” 55 But Jesus turned and rebuked them.56 Then he and his disciples went to another village.
Luke 9:53-55
Compassion always costs the person who has it.
Do as Jesus does:
rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death—even death on a cross!
Philippians 2:7-8
As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.
John 17:18
The harvest needs workers who look like Jesus & are sent in the power of Jesus.
What comes next:
Pray to God for the harvest
Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field
v38
Partner with God in the harvest
What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. 6 I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. 7 So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. 8 The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor. 9 For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.
1 Corinthians 3:5-9