See What God Has Done

DEVOTION

1 CORINTHIANS

SEE WHAT GOD HAS DONE

1 Cor 3:5-9

5 What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe — as the Lord has assigned to each his task. 6 I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. 7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. 8 The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. 9 For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.

NIV

These people were quarreling over who had brought them the best message, or in a sense who had the best personality or style of delivering the message. It would appear that both Paul and Apollos were working for the same result but some people seems to think Apollos was the one, and other thought Paul was the right one. Maybe it was coming down to the 1^st church of Paul and the Apollos Church of Corinth, the beginning of denominationalism. Or maybe it was just people gathering around that personality who they thought was more charismatic, somewhat like so many people do today. Who is the most favorite preacher? Even today it would seem we have people who would prefer to listen to one preacher over another, or read one author over another, because of their styles, or personality. But in all reality what matters is that Jesus Christ crucified is preached. Does it really matter under what preacher we were saved? Does it really matter mentored us so we could grow and become mature believers? Who do we worship God or the preacher? Yet it would appear so many people put so much emphasis on the preacher, his personality, his style of preaching, on the type of church building, the color and style of the sanctuary, the type of music, and worship that God almost takes a second place to all that. We simply have to get past all of that and focus on the fact that it was God who saved us, it is God who directs our path, and sees to it that we grow up in Him. It the same time we cannot simply sit back and say well it is all up to the pastor or even it is all up to God. No, we must take an active part in our growth, as well as being servants of God most high. Some of us might well be used as Paul or Apollos, sharing the Good News about Jesus Christ with others, but in doing so, making sure the receiving knows it is all about God and not us. We all need to open our hearts and see what God has done.