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Every person must be persuaded of their own calling in the Lord. God works through people, just as He made them, and remade them, in Christ. He doesn't circumnavigate His people. The Body of Christ is the vessel the Lord has chosen.

Each member of the Body will have different callings, abilities, talents, and personalities, that can all be fitly joined together into a holy habitation, provided the love required to do so is present.

If I love a brother in the Lord, I will not unfairly put expectations and demands upon him to be or become something he is not. I will allow the Lord to address any changes He expects of the brother. And honestly, until the Lord effects the change, the brother is remiss to try and change himself all by himself, just to meet someone else's expectations or demands.

We reap where we have bestowed no labor. We ought then to not forget the laborer who did all the work beforehand to get a person to a place through which we can them reap them into the Kingdom.

One sows, another waters, but God gives the increase. Some sow in tears, through intercession and travail, in the prayer closets of their lives. Others sow the Word openly to all who would come and dine. Still others are but a friendly face and kind handshake or hug when the visitor comes to a meeting, that calms the visitor and assures him or her that love is present in and among the people he or she is visiting.

None of these, and all the rest not mentioned, are more important than the other.