I’M OUT HERE GRINDING | THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW

Scripture Foundation
Matthew 9:35–38 (NLT)
John 4:35 (NLT)
1 Corinthians 15:58 (NLT)

Premise: The Kingdom is desperate for workers who won’t just watch the harvest ripen but will rise up, roll up their sleeves, and give God everything. The Gospel doesn’t advance through convenience but through conviction and the harvest can’t wait another day for you to step in.

Why’s
1.Because People Are Dying Hungry While the Bread of Life Sits in Our Hands.
Scripture: John 6:35 (NLT)

2.Because Darkness Is Loud, but Light Has Been Silent Too Long.
Scripture: Matthew 5:14 (NLT)

3.Because Eternity Is at Stake and Time Is Running Short.
Scripture: John 9:4 (NLT)

Spiritual Definition: “I’m Out Here Grinding” spiritually means living with relentless devotion to God’s Kingdom pouring your energy, your time, and your life into the harvest of souls. It’s not about striving for self, but surrendering for Christ. It’s waking up every day with the mindset: My life is seed, my work is worship, and my grind is for glory, not mine, but His.

This grind is not hustling for validation, but laboring for transformation. It’s the refusal to sit idle while souls are searching, while lives are lost, while the Kingdom is calling. It’s faith in motion, sweat turned into salvation, effort turned into eternal impact.

Harvest (Biblical Definition): In Scripture, harvest is more than crops—it is a symbol of souls ready for salvation, lives ready for transformation, and seasons of spiritual fruitfulness that God has prepared.

Harvest = the divine opportunity to bring souls into God’s Kingdom and see spiritual fruit where others only saw empty fields.

Spectator (Biblical Definition): Paints the picture of people who watch the work of God but don’t participate in it.
•James 1:22 (NLT)

→ A spectator hears but doesn’t act. They applaud sermons but avoid serving.
•Hebrews 5:12 (NLT)
→ A spectator stays stuck in consumption while others carry the weight of the work.
•Matthew 25:26 (NLT)
→ Jesus rebukes laziness, spectatorship in the Kingdom is not neutral; it’s negligence.

Major Problems
We are living in a generation where:

1. Too Many Christians Spectate While Too Few Participate

•Call to Action: If you believe the Gospel, stop sitting in the bleachers, get on the field.

2. We Crave Blessing but Avoid Burden

•Call to Action: If you want God’s blessing, you must also embrace His burden, souls, service, sacrifice.

3. We Expect Revival but Resist Responsibility

•Call to Action: Stop resisting the responsibility of revival. Step into prayer, step into witness, step into discipleship, the Spirit is waiting on workers.

Compare & Contrast: Spectators vs. Workers
•Spectators come to be fed. Workers come to feed others.
•Spectators see crowds. Workers see harvest.
•Spectators watch miracles. Workers make room for them.
•Spectators protect comfort. Workers pursue calling.
•Spectators talk about what’s wrong. Workers step up to make it right.

Fundamental Truths
1.The Harvest Is Ripe Right Now.
John 4:35

Call to Action: Stop waiting for a better season, step into the fields in this one.

2.Workers Are the Answer to the Cry of the Lost.
Matthew 9:38

Call to Action: Stop disqualifying yourself and start walking in what you were created to do.

3.Your Labor Will Outlive You.
1 Corinthians 15:58 

Call to Action: Keep grinding. Even when it feels unseen, heaven sees.

Conclusion:

1.The Harvest Is Bigger Than Your Hesitation.
Matthew 9:37 

2.Your Yes Will Shift Generations.
Isaiah 6:8

3.The Lord of the Harvest Is With You.
Philippians 2:13 (NLT)