Who's Who??!!
Felt so compelled and convicted to pen down this very devotion I read under 40 Day 2010- City of God Devotion booklet to pray for the nation.
Cos it writes EXACTLY what my heart has been crying out for the past few years while serving my Master. And today, I cried out even more when I am able to fully petition to the Lord with those exact words from the author who seemed to draw out my heart's burden for the church.
Sharing from 1 Corinthians 3:5-9 where the bible talked about 2 Godly leaders, this is what stood out to me...
"Paul insists that he and Apollos are merely labourers on God's farm. One ploughs the ground. Another plans the seed. One waters the field. Another reaps the harvest. God assignes each a task. As God's farmhands, Paul and Apollos are NOT in competition. They ARE ONE. They are united around a common cause: HARVEST! They are equal and equally nothing before God as far as the produce is concerned. God ALONE makes the seed grow. So there is NO-POINT hero-worshipping. You are God's field, says Paul. And who are we? We are just SERVANTS, working together for God and for you. We ARE ONE, WHY AREN'T YOU?
Leaders are KEY to UNITY. Paul and Apollos were one. But their flock was divided, ironically, over them! The odd thing about Corinthian jealousy and strife is that it wasnt about lovers, money or material things - the normal stuff worldly people fight over. It was about spiritual things and spiritual leaders!
Compared to Apollos, the Corinthians rated Paul poorly. But Paul never saw Apollos as a rival. He esteemed him as an equal, a fellow worker. Both were men, not children. They were above petty sibling rivalry seething away in the Corinthian creche. Are we?
Are we pulling together?
Read Phil 2:1-4 aloud a few times and personalise the prayer as the author wrote.
Lord, as I commit myself to live out this calling in Phil 2:1-4, may you lead and guide me through every step of the way, fixing my eyes on You alone...amen.
Cos it writes EXACTLY what my heart has been crying out for the past few years while serving my Master. And today, I cried out even more when I am able to fully petition to the Lord with those exact words from the author who seemed to draw out my heart's burden for the church.
Sharing from 1 Corinthians 3:5-9 where the bible talked about 2 Godly leaders, this is what stood out to me...
"Paul insists that he and Apollos are merely labourers on God's farm. One ploughs the ground. Another plans the seed. One waters the field. Another reaps the harvest. God assignes each a task. As God's farmhands, Paul and Apollos are NOT in competition. They ARE ONE. They are united around a common cause: HARVEST! They are equal and equally nothing before God as far as the produce is concerned. God ALONE makes the seed grow. So there is NO-POINT hero-worshipping. You are God's field, says Paul. And who are we? We are just SERVANTS, working together for God and for you. We ARE ONE, WHY AREN'T YOU?
Leaders are KEY to UNITY. Paul and Apollos were one. But their flock was divided, ironically, over them! The odd thing about Corinthian jealousy and strife is that it wasnt about lovers, money or material things - the normal stuff worldly people fight over. It was about spiritual things and spiritual leaders!
Compared to Apollos, the Corinthians rated Paul poorly. But Paul never saw Apollos as a rival. He esteemed him as an equal, a fellow worker. Both were men, not children. They were above petty sibling rivalry seething away in the Corinthian creche. Are we?
Are we pulling together?
Read Phil 2:1-4 aloud a few times and personalise the prayer as the author wrote.
Lord, as I commit myself to live out this calling in Phil 2:1-4, may you lead and guide me through every step of the way, fixing my eyes on You alone...amen.
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