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Matthew 13:24-30

1/25/2010

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  Matthew 13:24-30 “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 the 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.”

Jesus says to leave the weeds or you will pull out the wheat also.  I had a feeling when I was reading this that this is why bad things happen to good people.  Satan has snuck in through Adam and Eve and has planted the weeds.  We grow together with hopes that the good will grow more than the weeds, but God doesn’t want to chance loosing the wheat by pulling out the weeds yet.  The weeds are working just as hard to kill the wheat, who will work harder to grow more?  Are we willing to fertilize our soil by adding more of God’s word and plugging in, or do we let everything of this world entice us from truly living for God.  Things may seem to be fun and needed for us to live but they are physical and weeds planted by the devil.  Physical pleasure is meant for husband and wife’s, not for us to use as entertainment.  If you can’t understand this maybe you need to check what you are plugging into.  Don’t be caught up in the seed that fell on shallow soil. 

Matthew 13 verse 5-6 says, “Other seeds fell on shallow soil with underlying rock.  The seeds sprouted quickly because the soil was shallow.  But the plants soon wilted under the hot sun, and since they didn’t have deep roots, they died.”

Continue to grow; seeking God’s wisdom and help your roots grow deep.  Amen

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Dolores link
1/26/2010 04:55:13 am

This makes me think of people who first give their lives to Christ. We are still growing and living with non-believers. We need to read the bible and let the Holy Spirit educate us as to how to become more like Christ. We need to be a good example by putting Christ first in our lives and let it show and maybe it will rub off on our friends and loved ones.

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Chris R.
2/1/2010 02:35:01 pm

The term G.I.G.O. comes to mind when reading this. Simply put it is an acronym for Garbage In Garbage Out. When we read the Word everyday, we are getting the spiritual life blood of God filling us, instructing us, teaching us, but when we start watching to much of the T.V. or reading to many newspapers, or listening to much to talk radio, we start to forget about who we are in Christ, the one who created us, who knew us from the begining. We slowly let the cares of the world (the weeds) overtake us and not allow us to produce a harvest as we were created to do. Yes we are in the world, but Jesus says to not be of the world. We need to keep our focus on the afterlife, and to lead others to that saving grace that was bought with the ultimate price, Jesus dieing for us on the cross, so that we might be able to live forever.

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