1 Corinthians 3:6-9
"6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
7 So then neither is he that plants anything, neither he that waters; but God that gives the increase.
8 Now he that plants and he that waters are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.
9 For we are laborers together with God: ye are God's co-workers, you are God's building."
No one should judge another man's calling or ministry except to be sure it is Biblical and the people are obeying the Word of God.
Believers have got to stop judging others unbiblically, based on human ideas or human traditions.
We have also got to give up the idea that only an "ordained" pastor has a ministry. God has given every single believer the blessing of ministry, whether it is helping other ministries or having their own. Leaders in the church, that is the elders, plural, are not the only ones who serve, all born-again believers serve in many different ways.
The following passage applies to ALL born-again believers men and women and even children who have been born-again.
1 Corinthians 12 "14 For the body is not one part, but many.
15 If the foot says, “Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason any less a part of the body.
16 And if the ear says, “Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason any less a part of the body.
17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But now God has arranged the parts, each one of them in the body, just as He desired.
19 If they were all one part, where would the body be?
20 But now there are many parts, but one body.
21 And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; or again, the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”
22 On the contrary, it is much truer that the parts of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary;
23 and those parts of the body which we consider less honorable, on these we bestow greater honor, and our less presentable parts become much more presentable,
24 whereas our more presentable parts have no need of it. But God has so composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that part which lacked,
25 so that there may be no division in the body, but that the parts may have the same care for one another.
26 And if one part of the body suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if a part is honored, all the parts rejoice with it."
Every prayer warrior who makes it their mission to pray diligently making intercession for the saints will have their reward for doing that, even if it is all they do.
It is not the size of a ministry but it is whether or not we obeyed what the Holy Spirit gives us. There are many believers who are locked into traditions that are not Biblical, only man's ideas that prevent and discourage other believers from seeking God for their calling
We are better off asking God and seeking the Holy Spirit than asking others what they think we should be doing. No other person can know what our calling is, they can know gifts we may have but it is only the Holy Spirit Who knows what we should be doing with those gifts. Trust HIM!!!!
