I Corinthians 3:9 “For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, [ye are] God's building.”
There is something about the teeter totter that is intriguing. You cannot ride it alone. The only way to fully experience the teeter totter is to have someone else on the other end balancing you out.
When it came time for Moses to strike the rock in the desert to get water for the thirsty Israelites, his part was very small, just strike the rock. Moses was on a teeter totter with God, and Moses’ responsibility was simple. Anyone in Israel could have done it. The main thing was who was on the other end of the teeter totter. God was creating, in the heart of the earth, a bountiful river of water to quench the thirst of His people.
The interesting thing about this teeter totter was that in order for their thirst to be met, they had to work together: Moses before the people and God in the hidden depths of the earth. God and Moses were at that moment, fellow workers.
There are always two agents in any fruitful work, willing workers and a faithful God. The human aspect is to do whatever God has asked us to do, strike the rock. God’s work is to make the water flow.
Do you think that Moses was weighed down with anxiety that day as he approached that rock, thinking that he might fail? I doubt it. After all, he just needed to hit a rock. He only had to follow the instruction of the Lord. God had promised to do the rest. Moses had seen God work mighty miracles in the past, so he knew that what God said would come to pass.
Are you anxious about the task that God has given to you today? Do you believe that everything depends upon you? Just strike the rock. Just push down on the ground and hang on to the teeter totter as you begin to soar. God is working in secret to pour out rivers of water for everyone. Just do your part and let Him do the rest.
"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."
Helen Adams Keller
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