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When it doesn’t matter who gets the credit: a story

While I was in the UK two weeks ago, a not-yet-Christian came to the church that meets in our home. She is friends with some of the students who attend regularly.  Apparently it was a very ordinary time. But at the end she was asked, "Would you like to give your life to Jesus?" 

"Yes," was her reply.

She very simply surrendered her life to Jesus, and was overcome with the peace and joy that only the Lord can give. Tony suggested that the students baptize her in their group that meets at the university.

Yesterday I heard the other half of the story.

I was at a Greenhouse, and met the student minister from one of the local churches. He shared that one of the students from his group had spent much of that day sharing about the Lord with this girl before she gave her heart to Jesus. Not only that, two of her friends had subsequently become Christians within his student ministry.

We rejoiced together at what the Lord is doing. We especially rejoiced at the fact that God's Kingdom is more important than either of our groups–that God is the one to get all the glory.

There are actually four groups involved in what went on.

  1. Student CPX, who trained some of the students who come to the church that meets in our home.  These students have started 
  2. a simple/organic church that is multiplying at a local university
  3. The local cell church with a student ministry
  4. The church that meets in our home

It reminds me of a passage in 1 Corinthians:

I planted the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow. It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the seed grow. The one who plants and the one who waters work together with the same purpose. And both will be rewarded for their own hard work. For we are both God’s workers. And you are God’s field. You are God’s building. (I Corinthians 3:6-9)

What might happen if we build the Lord's house (the Kingdom) in preference to our own luxurious homes (our own churches) (Haggai 1)? What might happen in our cities if nobody minds who gets the credit? What might happen if a nameless, faceless generation allows God to get all the glory? 

Maybe, just maybe, we would see the move of God we all long for.

8 replies on “When it doesn’t matter who gets the credit: a story”

I love what you said. I thought this for years and find that what your doing is the essence of great leadership. Thanks for sharing but more importantly helping to usher in the Kingdom of God on earth.

Felicity you and yours are amazing people. I’m so amazed to have met such pivotal people in the Kingdom who never claim the the miracles in their surroundings to have come from what they have done.
Absolutely mind blowing!!

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