Simply Watering

"So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor." - 1 Corinthians 3:7-8

The Scriptures are so clear that we are nothing apart from God. I get so frustrated when I hear people telling me that I am getting on God's good side because I am doing a good work in Honduras. I see myself as one who waters. I pour into the lives of the kids that live in our ministry community. But it is God who gives the increase. I am simply here out of obedience. I am nothing special, other than a creature created in the image of Almighty God. I am no better and no less than those who planted this ministry. Will there be a reward in the end? According to the above passage, yes! And I look forward greatly to the reward that I will receive in eternity. But what I do does not make me greater or less than any other person. I am simply doing what God has called me to do. May God alone receive the glory for the harvest that is produced in the end!