God Gives The Growth

And so, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but rather as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for solid food. Even now you are still not ready, for you are still of the flesh. For as long as there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not of the flesh, and behaving according to human inclinations? For when one says, “I belong to Paul,” and another, “I belong to Apollos,” are you not merely human?

What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord assigned to each. I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. The one who plants and the one who waters have a common purpose, and each will receive wages according to the labor of each. For we are God’s servants, working together; you are God’s field, God’s building.

According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building on it. Each builder must choose with care how to build on it.

1 Corinthians 3:1-10

How humble are you? Do you rush to take credit, whether or not you deserve the credit? Put everything in perspective. What we have God has given us. What brains, spouses, wealth, children, or position has all been due to the good Lord watching over us. Accept life with humility. You are not owed anything. But you owe it all to Jesus Christ. Serve the Lord, any way you can. Pride and grace cannot dwell in the same place.

Our Daily Bread – March 30, 2008