"It's not the one who plants or the one who waters who is at the center of this process but God, who makes things grow. Planting and watering are menial servant jobs at minimum wages. What makes them worth doing is the God we are serving!"
-1 Corinthians 3:7-8 MSG
We all strive to impress. Whether it is a professor, a colleague, a friend or a family member, we have a strong tendency to show our good deeds. Sometimes we get so carried away that we end up taking credit for portions that we aren't responsible for.
We take credit for things God is doing.
Paul is begging the Corinthians to control their jealousy; urging them to subside their quarrels. No matter how successful our jobs, how intelligent our children, or how beautiful our spouse, we have no right in claiming anything other than being a farmhand.
Many times it is a thankless job, and worldly praise and prosperity doesn't seem likely. What makes it worth doing is that you're working for God, on God's farm.
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