Introduction:  We understand very little about our labour for the Lord.  We try so hard to accomplish the impossible in the flesh only to make ourselves weary in the work.  May we learn to labour for the Lord, but according to truth.

1. THE CIRCUMSTANCES FOR THE LESSON (1 Corinthians 3:1-4 [1] And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. [2] I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. [3] For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? [4] For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
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1. The Audience Receiving the Lesson (1 Corinthians 3:1And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
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2. The Content of the Lesson (1 Corinthians 3:2I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
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3. The Reason for the Lesson (1 Corinthians 3:3-4 [3] For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? [4] For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
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2. MAN'S PART IN THE LABOUR (1 Corinthians 3:5-6 [5] Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? [6] I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
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1. Man’s Inadequacy Recognized (1 Corinthians 3:5Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
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1. The worker is nothing (1 Corinthians 3:7So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
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2. The worker has nothing to boast of (1 Corinthians 4:7For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
   See All...; 1 Corinthians 1:26-29 [26] For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: [27] But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; [28] And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: [29] That no flesh should glory in his presence.
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2. Man’s Responsibility in the Labour (1 Corinthians 3:6I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
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1. Labour – both Paul and Apollos laboured
2. Diversity in Labour
1. Paul planted
2. Apollos watered
3. Some are sent to reap (John 4:35-38 [35] Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. [36] And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. [37] And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. [38] I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
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3. Unity in Labour (1 Corinthians 3:8Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
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3. GOD'S PART IN THE LABOUR (1 Corinthians 3:7-10 [7] So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. [8] Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. [9] For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. [10] According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
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1. God’s Reward System (1 Corinthians 3:8Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
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1. Individuals rewarded – “every man”
2. Rewards according to labour not results
2. God’s Assignments (1 Corinthians 3:10According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
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1. Our assignments are given to us of the grace of God
2. Disappointment with an assignment is frustration with God’s appointment
3. God’s Responsibility in the Labour (1 Corinthians 3:7So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
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1. God gives the increase
2. God uses the weapons of His choice but He does the work (1 Corinthians 1:26-29 [26] For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: [27] But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; [28] And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: [29] That no flesh should glory in his presence.
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Conclusion:  Are you frustrated because you are seeing no results?  Are you growing weary trying to force things to happen?  Are you dissatisfied being a planter or a waterer?  Why not yield your services unto God and leave the miraculous in His hands?