Episode 46: The Harvest Is Plentiful: Pride, Patience, and the Call to Be Laborers for Christ

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In this episode of Dad Chokes and Discernment, we explore the tension between pride, patience, and the harvest God calls us into. From Matthew 9:36–38, we look at Jesus’ words that “the harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few,” and what that means for believers today.

We talk about how pride quietly puts us in control of our own lives, how impatience pushes us to force what God may be asking us to wait on, and how both can keep us from faithfully stepping into the work God has already prepared. Through biblical examples like Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4, Abraham and Sarah in Genesis 16, and the call to trust God’s timing in Proverbs 3:5–6, we see a consistent pattern: God is more interested in shaping the worker than rushing the harvest.

We also discuss what it looks like to actually be “laborers in the field,” not just observers of it, and how humility and patience prepare us for meaningful service in God’s kingdom.

If you’ve ever struggled with waiting, control, or wondering if God is moving too slowly, this conversation is for you.