So plead with the Lord of the harvest, that he may send workers into his harvest.”
With these words Jesus connects people’s spiritual need with the responsibility of prayer, showing that ministry is born not only from human initiative, but from earnest pleading directed to the Lord. The “Lord of the harvest” is God, the “harvest” is the hearts of people who are ready to receive the truth, and the “workers” are those whom God chooses and sends into His work. Christ emphasizes that the believer is first called to pray, so that the Lord Himself will raise up and send servants, because only by His will and guidance does the work bear fruit.