Hello, friends, and welcome to this Wednesday edition of Our Daily Bread.

Today's reading was written by Jennifer Benson Schultt, and she's titled it, Something Much Bigger.

More than 200 volunteers assisted October books, a bookstore in Southampton, England,

move its inventory to an address down the street.

Helpers lined the sidewalk and passed books down a human conveyor belt.

Having witnessed the volunteers in action, a store employee said,

it was a really moving experience to see people helping. They wanted to be part of something bigger.

We can also be part of something much bigger than ourselves. God uses us to reach the world with the message of His love.

Because someone shared the message with us,

we can turn to another person and pass it on.

Paul compared this, the building of God's kingdom, to growing a garden. Some of us plant seeds while some of us water the seeds.

We are, as Paul said, co-workers in God's service. Each job is important, yet all are done in the power

of God's spirit. By his spirit, God enables people to thrive spiritually when they hear

that he loves them and sent his son to die in their place so that they can be free from their sin.

God does much of his work on earth through volunteers like you and me.

Although we're part of a community that's much bigger than any contribution we may make,

we can help it grow by working together to share his love with the world.

Today's Our Daily Bread devotional scripture reading is from 1st Corinthians chapter 3 verses 5 through 9.

What, after all, is Apolls?

And what is Paul?

Only servants through whom you came to believe,

as the Lord has assigned to each his task.

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