I love flowers. They're just so happy and beautiful, and by far one of my favorite of God's many creations. My favorite flowers are daisies. They just seem so happy. Even the name is happy. I don't know about you, but when I hear daisy, I think of smiles! If I was a flower, I'd be a white daisy.
1 Corinthians 3:7, "So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow." There's the planter, and there's the seed. There's the sun, and there's the water. All of these things can help produce a flower. But God is the only thing that actually makes it grow. Everything ties back to God. In life, we are the seeds. As we grow, we go through cycles of dry heat, bitter cold, and lush sunlight. In the bad times is when we need to look to God for our water and sun. Without it, we would just be a dead plant sitting in the dirt. How does that sound?
Sure, we have the "planters" who help us grow in our spiritual life. We call them preachers, ministers, mentors, elders, etc. But who put them in our life? God. We have the "water" in our life, we call them friends. Who put them there? God. We also have the "sun" in our life. We call him Jesus. (No pun intended.) And who put Him there? God. Everything in our spiritual life ties back to God. So let's remember that He, and He alone, is the rock. I'm not perfect, I struggle with this concept a lot.
Only God can make this flower grow.
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