The Results Are God’s!
"I Paul planted, Apollos watered,
but God gave the increase."
1 Corinthians 3: 6
William R. Bright, cofounder of Campus Crusade
For Christ offered a biblical definition of
witnessing:
Witnessing is sharing Christ in the power of the Holy
Spirit and leaving the results to God.
Many Christians worry about being rejected
when they share God’s Word. When we leave
the results to God, it takes the focus off of
our
performance and results.
Apostle Paul shared
this when he wrote to the Corinthian
church. He said that he planted the seed of the Gospel,
Apollos nurtured the seed, but it was God who brought
forth the fruit of salvation. When Jesus told His parable
of the sower, seed, and soils, He illustrated how seeds
do not always fall on
fertile ground.
Likewise, when we share the seed of God’s truth, we are
not responsible for the condition of the heart in those who
hear the Word. In Jesus’s parable, only one in four soils
was prepared to receive the Word and bring forth fruit
(Matthew 13:3-23).
Don’t let fear of rejection keep you from sharing God’s
truth with others, whether it’s the Gospel of salvation or
just a word of encouragement, today. Leave the results
to God.
"Faithful witness is truth
telling, not head counting."
Don Posterski
