People Matter

Read Matthew 9:35-38

It's easy for us to forget what mattered most to Jesus. It's clear in our passage this week that what mattered most to Jesus is a few things: teaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness of the people. You see, people mattered to Jesus. He saw them as sheep without a shepherd. So as He traveled He spoke about the kingdom of God; He cared about their spiritual and physical needs. And then what He said next must stand out to us - He said "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.

What mattered to Jesus must matter to us. People are so important to God that He sent His Son to teach us what we need to know about the kingdom of God, to go and help people spiritually and physically.

The question to personally consider is this - am I willing to be God's worker in the harvest field? God desires we all would realize our role and responsibility when it comes to seeking people who are lost and matter so much to the living God.