The Ministry TableНамуна

The Quiet Work of Faithfulness

Much of ministry is lived in the unseen. The conversations no one else hears, the prayers whispered in the dark, the hours spent preparing when no one is watching. It can sometimes feel like your effort is invisible, but faithfulness is never wasted.

Paul reminded the church in Corinth that ministry is like planting and watering. One person sows, another waters, but only God makes it grow. Leaders don’t always see immediate results, yet every act of obedience contributes to God’s greater harvest.

True perseverance begins when you feel like giving up. It’s in those moments, when discouragement whispers, when results feel small, when fatigue weighs heavy, that faith digs its deepest roots. Perseverance is not about pressing on in your own strength; it’s about anchoring yourself in God’s strength when yours runs out.

He honors loyalty more than applause, and endurance more than the easy path. Perseverance in ministry is not about striving harder, it’s about remaining faithful in the daily, ordinary moments that no one may applaud. God sees every seed planted and every tear shed, and He promises that none of it is in vain.

If you’ve been tempted to wonder whether your labor matters, let this truth steady you: God’s work through you may be quiet, but it is eternal. Keep planting, keep watering, keep showing up with faith. In due season, the harvest will come.

Pastor Giselle Flores
Youth Director of the Spanish Eastern District of the Assemblies of God
New York, NY
https://hispanicrelations.ag.org