I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth;
but God that giveth the increase.
Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one:
and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
For we are labourers together with God:
ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building. 1 Corinthians 3:6-9
What benefit is it for us to even try then?
Just like anything, we are to be obedient
Jesus told us to love our neighbor as ourself
So, then, how would you want someone to treat you if you weren’t saved?
Whatever the Lord asks or gives you to do each day, do it
Each moment may be different
By praying for the unsaved, we are helping God to till the soil
God chooses to let us partake, but on His terms
He knows what is best for each person, for every situation
Jesus knows what will touch each heart
Jesus also knows the hearts that are responding to His Holy Spirit
It’s like a big orchestra, each one playing his part in the symphony
Ask and listen to the Lord
Seek Him about what you are to do or say
Aske Him even while you are speaking to these people that are lost
or that might need to be ministered to by a certain word,
scripture or testimony
Vast and far-reaching is the Lord able to do what we pray in faith
I have great concern for friends and loved ones
who have not yet come to the Lord
I cannot push it
I’m not in charge around here
I have no idea what will move them, what will touch their hearts
Like Jesus’ example, I try my best to say what the Father says
I listen closely and intently
The flesh profits nothing but the Spirit gives life
My self-righteousness will accomplish nothing
If your hands are clean and your heart is pure in His eyesight,
He will hear
The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous,
and His ears are open unto their cry. Psalm 34:15
Keep praying, keep listening, keep sharing what God gives you
Put these beloved people in His hands and trust Him to do His good work
Whether Jesus uses you or someone else,
He is pursuing as many as will listen
He is working by giving people dreams and understanding of Himself
Jesus is the fruit-bearer
Being confident of this very thing,
that he which hath begun a good work in you
will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: Philippians 1:6
Scriptural References:
And the second is like, namely this,
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
There is none other commandment greater than these.
Mark 12:31
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing:
the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
John 6:63
Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man,
then shall ye know that I am He, and that I do nothing of Myself;
but as My Father hath taught Me, I speak these things.
John 8:28
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another,
that ye may be healed.
The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
James 5:16
Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord?
or who shall stand in His holy place?
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart;
who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
He shall receive the blessing from the Lord,
and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
This is the generation of them that seek Him, that seek Thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
Psalm 24:3-6