UNIQUENESS 5 - God's Gardening

Uniqueness 5 - English file 

Einmaligkeit 5 - German file

Devotional Thoughts about 1 Corinthians 3:4-9 and John 4: 35-38

We’re often overly concerned with other Christians’ service for God, whether out of envy, condemnation or low self-esteem. When we compare ourselves with them, we often seem to come up short, although we don’t even know all of our own motivations, situations and results, much less those of others.

Amid this world’ prevailing values of self-realization and competition, the concept of working together to serve God for His glory alone can seem very foreign even to Christians. He’s made each of us different to play a unique role in His plan. None of us is a star-achiever; it’s not even about us but rather about God. It was His plan to give us strengths and weaknesses and make us dependent on each other—but especially on Him.

Working together routinely can be difficult, especially when others get more attention for their work than we do. It’s hard to be happy for others when our own situations seem to be so ordinary. Sunday School teachers aren’t usually in the spotlight, and the difficulties in working with rambunctious kids make many ready to quit. Yet what Christian can deny the importance of the task?

Lord, thank You for the privilege of passing Your Word on to the next generation. Help me do it faithfully for Your glory while encouraging and praying for those in other roles.

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