Pray in great people
Colin Baron
"Many leaders moan that there is not enough of the right type of people to build with - never mind building great people"
Jesus 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.”
Being motivated for growth and caring for the multitudes as Jesus did leaves us with a human resource problem. For any church leader facing such a situation, Jesus’ advice to pray for more workers is gold. I love the prayer and I have seen God answer me on many occasions. Faith rises up as I meditate on the fact that this is the Lord’s prayer - one that he was asking us to pray, knowing he will answer, as he is the Lord of the harvest.
It’s interesting that for me this could be seen as a little detour as I work through the subject of Jesus calling and building great people. The next part of the narrative shows us how to delegate and change the way we work. But before we get there, we need to lift our heads to see that this whole thing is God’s idea. For many leaders, their moan is that there is not enough or enough of the right type of people to build with - never mind building great people.
We at Christ Church Manchester are building a church in a poor and relatively un-churched part of Manchester. Generally people don’t just go on the internet to find the church’s website. Instead, virtually every person comes to the meetings through a personal invite. This could be through a chance encounter or because of a long-term relationship.
Growth happens through this prayer of faith. We pray this way without moaning and feeling sorry for ourselves, but with a grateful heart. We can do this because asking the Lord of the harvest to send workers into needy places is a massively fulfilling endeavour. It is through God answering these prayers we see his kingdom come, society change and the community of King Jesus grow.
To be continued…
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Colin leads Christ Church Manchester (CCM), a new church on the east side of the city birthed out of a passion to see significant churches planted in each of the ten boroughs of Greater Manchester.
Colin also travels internationally for the Newfrontiers team, encouraging and equipping church planters as well as coaching leaders and developing teams in established churches.