I planted,

Apollos watered,

but God gave the growth.

       1 Corinthians 3. 6

(We can take no credit

for what God does

with our faithfulness

               to Him.

We have no idea

how God uses

even the simplest deeds.

There are

    no small obediences.

God calls us to be faithful.

He brings His fruitfulness to it.

He brings His glory.

Faithfulness to God always

     leads to fruitfulness.

Sometimes we see.

Sometimes the results are

far beyond our vision

   or our lifetimes.

God always works in

       multiple outcomes.

We plant a tiny seed.

God produces a forest.)

O LORD,

We cannot know

the extent of Your glory

in everything

       done in Your name.

You bring the growth.

In all things

          great and small,

may we be faithful to You.

And You alone

    complete it

in deeper ways

than we can ever know.