Joshua 1-2; Psa. 37: 1 Cor. 3

“Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. 8 Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.” 1 Cor. 3:5-8

Am I hearing it right? Is he saying ministers are nothing? “Neither he who plants or waters are anything”. But don’t we want to be recognized for the effort that we put in. Don’t we want to climb the latter of success. Paul doesn’t see it that way. We look for superstars, it’s not just the world that looks for superstars, the church has been guilty of this for years. We take gifted leaders and place them on a spiritual pedestal and then get shaken when they fall. Paul says we are not to see giftedness as synonymous with Godliness. The fact is we are one body some water and some plant and some preach and some clean and some shake hands and some clean dippers and God brings the increase and God is glorified because God is the only superstar. As for us there is a wonderful eternal reward according to our own labor. Notice it’s according to our own labor not according to the visibility of our ministry that is the criteria for God’s that a boys. So don’t get caught up in human evaluation but only seek his approval.

Pastor Rick