Tuesday, October 02, 2007

We Plant And Water, God Causes The Growth!

You witness to someone every time you get a chance, but maybe you don't seem to be getting anywhere. That's probably far from what is happening in that persons life. They may not except Jesus at the time you are witnessing to them, but the seed has been planted. We don't always see the growth in a persons life but God is working and will continue that work.

1Corinthians; 3:6
(I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.)
It is the Lord alone who can give the faith to the spiritually ignorant and dead. Salvation is God's work of grace to whom He chooses to give it. We can't save anyone, all we can be is servants of God and spread the seed of truth. When Jesus was about to go to the Father, he gave His disciples this work to do.
Matthew; 28:19
(Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.)

Never give up telling others about Jesus. We don't know when they may be enlightened and come to Jesus for salvation. I have heard that most people don't make that decision of faith the first time they are told the word. God knows the time and the place for all who will come to Him and be saved. You might plant the seed then someone else waters the seed by talking to them again about Jesus. Then someone else comes along and it might be the day of their salvation and they lead them to Christ. God might use a number of individuals to tell someone about Jesus, but God alone can save that person. The glory goes to God not us, we are nothing but an instrument to be used to fulfill His purpose.
1Corinthians; 3:7-8
(So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his labor.)

It's our flesh that wants to make us something when we are nothing, but we need to remember that it is all about Jesus who alone saves. We must never forget that He went to the cross, He died in our place for our sins, we are nothing, He is everything, He is our Lord and Savior. Thank You Jesus for saving me!

God Bless You!

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