Matthew Study 9:35

"... Jesus went all about the cities and villages, teaching... preaching... and healing..."

New Wine must be taught, it must be proclaimed, and it must be experienced. To the man on the street It is a beverage so foreign (yet, if it be known, something he has longed for his whole life) that it must be explained, shared, and given opportunity to drink. The sharing of the Word - in its experiential entirety - is the sickle of God's Harvest.

Jesus never turned away anyone needing healing, regardless of the severity of sickness. People with fevers, people with demons, people paralyzed, people who were dead - the manner of illness mattered not to him. He knew the All Sufficiency of his Father would provide their healing through him. He didn't snicker at the child's "boo-boo," nor did he shy away from a dead girl.  Every ill-found situation provided an opportunity for God's Image to be poured onto his Image.

This teaches us two things: It doesn't matter how big or small our need is, Jesus can be trusted with it.

Secondly, (for those of us in the business of teaching, preaching, and healing) it reminds us we need not be intimidated by the size of the prayer request - howbeit be a "boo-boo" or a terminal cancer - for we are not the One who heals. Jesus is still healing every sickness and every disease among the people; through us, disregarding our shortcomings. He seeks our availability. After that, it's all up to him.

Some of us are fearful to come out of the closet and share with others the experience of the Holy Spirit. Yet, when we allow Jesus to flow from us into Creation, Creation will recognize "It" as something they've always longed to hear. (It will be the matching of Image to Image; the marriage of his Image in them with the Image of him, through you.) And that River flowing through you will clarify the Witness to them, it will make deep and profound sense to them. As we faithfully step into his Witness the sharing, explaining, and - perhaps most importantly (and most neglected) - healing of Christ Jesus.... they will love it!

Therefore, pray the Lord of the harvest to send our laborers into his harvest.