Discernment

I am a person who is in need of discernment.  I realize that discernment is something that every Christian is supposed to have in terms of identifying false prophets even if some have the gift of discernment.  This is what I was concerned about today.  There are many false prophets and false teachers of the gospel.  This is a great concern to me.  I want to be true and faithful to the Lord and it is upsetting to me that there are people who are in need of Jesus.  How come there are so many false believers and not enough chosen harvesters?  Maybe I should examine the Word for myself and not worry about what others do, even though that doesn't seem to be good advice.