"I have planted,
Apollos watered;
but God gave the
increase.
So then neither is
he that planteth
any thing, neither
he that watereth:
but God that giveth
the increase.
Now he that
planteth and
he that watereth
are one:
and every man shall
receive his own
reward according to
his own labor.
For we are laborers
together with God:
ye are
God's husbandry,
ye are
God's building."
1Corinthians 3:6-9
Laborers Together
With God
It is praiseworthy that
we like to be successful
in all we do for the
Lord,
but sometimes we seem
to fail.
But God does not hold
us responsible for success.
He only asks that we
work faithfully
and to the best of our
abilities.
God calls some of us to
plant the seed,
and others to water it.
But only He can make it
grow.
When a person believes
in Jesus as their Savior,
that is entirely the
work of God,
and not that of
ourselves.
We work together with
God.
God can turn what looks
like failure to us
into success.
What looks hopeless
today,
may become God's great
victory tomorrow.
His ways are not our
ways.
But we can rest assured
that
His Word will
accomplish what He wants,
and our labor is not in
vain.
In this confidence we
serve faithfully,
doing our sowing and
watering,
leaving the completion
in God's hands.
"Lord Dictated
Them"
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