The God of the Increase
“So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God,
who makes things grow.” 1 Cor. 3:7
God is the One who grants the
increase and causes things to grow in our lives. We may be surrounded by people that plant
wonderful things and water those things.
Yet Paul makes it clear it is only God who causes the growth.
The Lord does not want us
following the path of the popular at the risk of deception. When our eyes are taken off Jesus and focused
on a Paul or Apollos, we are headed in the wrong direction. The church at Corinth was experiencing
quarreling and division. Some were drawn
to Paul, others to Apollos. The church
had knowledge, but they lacked wisdom.
They were proving themselves to be, in the words of Paul, “infants in
Christ.”
May we recognize God as the
growth agent in our lives. We can be
thankful and genuinely appreciative of those He puts in our path to plant and
to water. Our spiritual growth and
maturity is due to God. May He garner
first place in our hearts and minds, for He is the only One who makes things
grow in our lives. Thank you to our Paul
and Apollos, but praise be unto You, our Everlasting Father!
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