“I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. So neither he who plants
nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The man who
plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according
to his own labor”
1 Corinthians 3:6-8
How well is your potential progressing? Perhaps you are tapping
some of the wealth God stored in you for the world’s benefit, but
your progress is slowing or even stopping.
I want to share the third of the four keys to encouraging your
garden to maturity as you liberate all the potential that God
deposited in you.
Key #3—You must share your potential.
Gardening is a shared effort. While the gardener tills the ground,
plants the seeds, and pulls the weeds, the plants will not bear fruit
unless the bees pollinate the blossoms, the sun warms the earth, and
the rain enables the soil to release its nutrients.
Maximizing your potential and the potential of the billions of
people on earth is also a shared effort. Potential is given for the benefit
of many, not for the benefit of one. There’s not much gratification
in writing a symphony if no musicians will share their talents to
play the music. Nor will the experience of playing the music provide
full satisfaction unless an appreciative audience fills the concert
hall.
God made human beings to live in fellowship with Himself and
other human beings. A loveless life that keeps all its accomplishments
to itself will soon lose the inspiration for releasing its potential.
If you give freely of your gifts, aspirations, and abilities, your
potential will be magnified and maximized.
Potential is
given for the
benefit of many, not
for the benefit of
one.
