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  COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 10-11
  by Chuck Smith
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Shall we turn now in our bibles to the tenth chapter of the gospel of
Matthew?

In the beginning of the tenth chapter we find Christ sending His
disciples out, telling them to go to the lost sheep of the house of
Israel. But in the fact that He is sending them to go, in the first part
of chapter ten, makes the last verse of chapter nine quite significant.
For in the last verse of chapter nine, Jesus said to His disciples:
"Pray ye therefore the Lord of harvest, that he will send forth
labourers into His harvest" (Mat 9:38). And having told them to pray
that the Lord will send workers into the harvest, the next thing He says
is, "Go."

So many times as we pray, the Lord speaks to our own hearts. So many
times we see a need and we think, oh what a need. The church really
should be trying to fulfill that need, and we become all concerned with
the need. And the Lord says, "Pray about it." And as we pray about it,
suddenly we realize that God has called us. He has shown us the need,
because He wants us to plug ourselves into the filling of that
particular need. Many times the very fact that God has made you
conscious and aware of that particular thing, is the beginning of the
call of God upon your own life for that particular field of service.

So the Lord says pray, "Because harvest is plenteous, the labourers are
few; pray that the Lord of harvest, will send forth labourers into his
harvest" (Mat 9:37-38). Then in the very next section, the Lord says,
"Now you go out into this harvest." And so praying so often prepares us
for going. It is while I am praying that the Spirit of God can really
get a hold of my heart.

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