Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest

Matthew 9:38
Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.

This simple statement highlights a very important instruction, when doing God's work. It is simply to prayer. The harvest is ready - as it had been ready two thousand years ago. The Lord has always prepared many people ready to accept Him at various times, but the workers are few. There are many types of good intentioned church sponsored work. However, the important thing in embarking in the work for God is still pray to Him to send us to the harvest or send the harvest to us, and pray that we will be ready.