Here
is another story Jesus told: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a farmer who
planted good seed in his field. But that night as the workers slept, his enemy
came and planted weeds among the wheat, then slipped away. When the crop began
to grow and produce grain, the weeds also grew. "The farmer's workers went
to him and said, 'Sir, the field where you planted that good seed is full of
weeds! Where did they come from?' "'An enemy has done this!' the farmer
exclaimed. "'Should we pull out the weeds?' they asked. "'No,' he
replied, 'you'll uproot the wheat if you do. Let both grow together until the
harvest. Then I will tell the harvesters to sort out the weeds, tie them into
bundles, and burn them, and to put the wheat in the barn.'" Matthew 13:24-30
I
t
is time to plant the garden—first day of Spring! Every summer when I am weeding
the garden, I think maybe I should leave the weeds so that the good vegetable
plants won’t be pulled up, too. NOT!
Sometimes it is just lazy to not weed. In the garden, the weeds will
just take over if I don’t keep up with them—and they’ll choke the life out of
those veggies—take up the nutrients, water, and sunlight that the plants really
need. If I keep up with the weeding, the weeds won’t take over—but I have to be
careful not to pull up the good plants with the weeds. Without the weeds, the
garden provides good food to serve at the table. In this parable the young
plants, wheat and weeds, are growing together, roots intertwined. The landowner
made the right decision to not pull up the weeds until the harvest. On His way
to the Cross, Jesus gave some great teachings—life lessons. Do we have ears to
hear?
t
is time to plant the garden—first day of Spring! Every summer when I am weeding
the garden, I think maybe I should leave the weeds so that the good vegetable
plants won’t be pulled up, too. NOT!
Sometimes it is just lazy to not weed. In the garden, the weeds will
just take over if I don’t keep up with them—and they’ll choke the life out of
those veggies—take up the nutrients, water, and sunlight that the plants really
need. If I keep up with the weeding, the weeds won’t take over—but I have to be
careful not to pull up the good plants with the weeds. Without the weeds, the
garden provides good food to serve at the table. In this parable the young
plants, wheat and weeds, are growing together, roots intertwined. The landowner
made the right decision to not pull up the weeds until the harvest. On His way
to the Cross, Jesus gave some great teachings—life lessons. Do we have ears to
hear?
So
like the weeding process, that is how it will be when Jesus returns. The
tares---the bad people will be gathered up and thrown into the fire (hell) and
the good people will be gathered up and put in the barn (heaven). Let’s be sure
that we are among the good wheat gathered into our Heavenly Father’s barn.
There’ll be a great party in that barn with lots of good food! I want to be
there, how about you?
Prayer ~ Lord, let us be like the good wheat that
was gathered into the barn.
Daily
Bible Reading: March 20 – Deuteronomy 28-29
Adapted from
March 20, 2012 Banquet With The King blog.
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