You were never the one growing it

We live in a world obsessed with growth. The economy must grow. Businesses must grow. Even our faith, we feel, must grow, and fast, with the right book, the right habits, the right effort.

This week I preached my final sermon at Maidenhead, and I turned to a passage that quietly took the weight off all of that. In 1 Corinthians 3, Paul writes about who really makes things grow. He planted. Apollos watered. But the growth? That belonged to God all along.

I planted the seed in your hearts and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow. (1 Corinthians 3:6)

That truth changes everything. It means you can stop striving. You can stop measuring your faith by numbers you can see. The growth that matters most is often quiet and unseen, happening in hearts and lives in ways no leader can manufacture.

Key takeaway: Your job isn’t to produce the growth. Your job is to stay rooted. Keep your roots deep in Jesus, keep showing up, and trust the one who gives the growth. He always has. He always will.

If you’re in a season of change right now, I think this message will meet you where you are.

👉 Watch the full sermon here:

And this week we begin a new seven-day series, When Everything Changes, on the channel and the Battle Drill app. I’d love you to walk through it with me.

Grace and peace.

Rob