1 Corinthians 3:6-9
I planted the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow
(1 Corinthians 3:6, New Living Translation)

Knight says, “All our natural powers can be used mightily by God, but only when we think nothing of them and surrender ourselves to be simply the vehicles of divine power, letting God use us as He wills, content to be even despised by men if He be glorified”.

Friend, as we seek to serve in God’s vineyard, we must rely on God to prosper our work. We must not forget what God told Zerubbabel in Zechariah 4: 6: “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit’”.  The same word is sent to us today.

Paul told the Corinthians, “I planted the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow” (1 Corinthians 3:6, New Living Translation). In essence, we are to do our work and trust God to bring the increase. We are to do our part and trust God to help us to achieve great results.

Let us ease ourselves of the stress, struggle and competition that is ravaging ministry work in this end time. Instead of working together as Paul and Apollos did, we are competing against one another in the same neighborhood. Please, see the beauty in our diversity and not be conformed to the standard of a particular denomination. At the fullness of time God will bring the increase. Shalom.

Your Turn

• Pray for yourself as you have been ministered to.
• Pray for your church and its work of evangelism.

Song:  Majesty, worship His majesty.

Further Reading: Colossians 3:12-17.