It's in God's nature, not just His plan, that He considers us co-laborers with Him. Adam co-labored with God in naming part of God's creation. We co-labor with God through unique giftings and offices to bring creation back to Him to call His own.
I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the in… http://bible.us/1Cor3.6.NKJV
