Following Jesus - Laborers In The Fields

"What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each. I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor. For we are God's fellow workers." - 1 Corinthians 3:5-9

"You remember the passage in which we are said to be laborer's together with God (1 Corinthians 
3:9). Is it not gracious and kind on the Lord's part to let us come and work with Him? Yet it seems. 
to my mind, even more gracious for God to come and work with us, because ours is such poor, feeble, 
imperfect service, yet He does so - the Lord working with them (Mark 16:20). The Lord is working 
with that dear sister who, when she teaches her Sunday school class, feels that she is quite unfit for it. He is working with that brother who, when he preaches, thinks that he has not preached at all and is half-inclined never to try again. 

Oh, yes, the Lord working with them, such as they were, - fishermen, humble women, and the like! This is wonderful how God reaches down to us! The Holy Spirit took what they said and made it to be divinely powerful. However feebly they uttered it according to the judgment of men, there was an inward secret power that went with their utterances and compelled the hearts of men and women to accept the blessed appeal of God. I believe that when we are seeking to serve Christ" - Charles Spurgeon, Following Christ. 

So you don't think you have what it takes to follow Jesus? You think rightly. You are but a jar of clay - a broken vessel - just like the rest of us. Suitable only for ignoble use. And yet God uses us for His eternal purposes to His glory and praise. You see, it is not what you can do, but what God can and will do through a heart that is willing to follow in obedience to His call to "Follow Me".

"I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." - Galatians 2:20

You see my part - your part - is to lay down our nets, leave them behind and step out in obedience to His call and begin to follow by faith. The power to do what He leads us to do comes from Him not us. 

"I can do all things through him who strengthens me." - Philippians 4:13

Think about it – Pray about it – Believe it – Walk in it. Let your light shine and give God the glory.

By Faith Alone By His Grace Alone And For His Glory Alone