success

1 Corinthians 3
4 When one of you says, "I am a follower of Paul," and another says, "I follow Apollos," aren't you acting just like people of the world?

  5 After all, who is Apollos? Who is Paul? We are only God's servants through whom you believed the Good News. Each of us did the work the Lord gave us.

6 I planted the seed in your hearts,

     and Apollos watered it,

but it was God who made it grow.

7 It's not important who does the planting, or who does the watering.

What's important is that God makes the seed grow.

8 The one who plants and the one who waters work together with the same purpose.

And both will be rewarded for their own hard work.

9 For we are both God's workers.

And you are God's field.

You are God's building.


We're so success oriented.

We feel like if we're not the "harvester" in a situation , we were ineffective, or not important.

I grew up on a farm, surrounded by farms.

For decades I watched someone cultivate a field. This usually took a few visits.

Then someone else plant the seeds. This was usually a one shot deal.

Then someone else would come along MANY TIMES & run a cultivator through the field to keep the weeds under control until the planted crop had grown big enough to take care of itself.

Finally, someone would come along & harvest the ripe plants in the field. The harvester usually was a single occurrence.

Every step of the work in growing crops was important. The weed guy's numerous visits was the most numerous, & the hottest, since it was done during the growing period, which was usually in the warmest part of the summer.

But be that as it may, each person's part in the growing of a crop was necessary.


I get the feeling sometimes that we're supposed to all be harvesters when it comes to winning people over to become Christ followers. It's that success orientation popping out.

God has each of us playing a part in someone's life as they walk toward belief. Some of us will never know our impact untill we get to heaven. But each of our parts in the leading of someone to Jesus is just as important as the other.


And who do you think usually has the most satisfaction at harvest time? The weed guy

It's because he spent the most time with the crop.

Just saying...