Full House, Empty Field

Today I received the CD, Jubilee Two, from my good friend Bill Griffin.  He brought in back from the National Quartet Convention in Louisville, KY.  The CD is a compilation of songs sung by the Booth Brothers, Greater Vision and Legacy Five, three of my favourite groups.  

One of the selections is entitled My House is Full (But My Field in Empty), a song I hadn't heard for years but one that moved my heart then and did again today.

Here are the lyrics for you to ponder:

There is peace and contentment in my Father's house today,
Lots of food on His table and no one turned away.
There is singing and laughter as the hours pass by,
But a hush calms the singing as the Father sadly cries,

Chorus:

My house is full, but my field is empty,
Who will go and work for Me today.
It seems my children want to stay around my table,
But no one wants to work my fields,
No one wants to work my fields.

Push away from the table.
Look out through the windowpane,
Just beyond the house of plenty
Lies a field of golden grain.
And it's ripe unto harvest,
But the reapers, where are they?
In the house,
Oh, can't the children hear
the Father sadly say,

Chorus:

My house is full, but my field is empty,
Who will go and work for Me today.
It seems my children want to stay around my table,
But no one wants to work my fields,
No one wants to work my fields.

Lyrics by Lanny Wolfe

Click here for a YouTube rendition of this song done by another artist.  Note the strong Missions emphasis.