1 Corinthians 3:5-7 – 5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.
One thing Paul makes very clear, we plant, water, nurture, but it is God who made the way and Jesus is the way. We spread the good news. We plant the seeds. In the parable of the sower it even reveals that as a result a crop comes along.
Jesus makes it clear.
John 15:1 – 1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. 8 This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
We can do nothing apart from Him. Look at the last verse. We weren’t born at the wrong time period. This is for us too. We can be his disciples and bear fruit. So many get caught up in a time period. The Word lives here and now. The church age is coming to a close and you’re still a part of it. How exciting, because we read about the Holy Spirit coming down and starting the church age in Acts. I believe we will be the generation that gets raptured up and then it’s a new chapter.
Fall in love with the Lord and start doing what you can for Him while we still have a chance. It is to the Father’s glory that we bear much fruit. We can’t ignore the scriptures.