Light up the Weed!

Matthew 13: 24 – 30; 36- 43.

Hola! Hope your weekend was super, mine was! Hahaha had quite a lot of fun at YWCA during the weekend in the Children’s Min Retreat. Awesome!

Well, it’s time for us to turn our eyes upon Jesus and look into His wonderful face. And the things on this Earth, will grow strangely dim in the light of His wonderful Grace.

WEED ATTACK! Ok, this is not a advertisement for you to go on drugs. It’s the story Jesus continued to tell on his little boat, in front of a huge crowd. The parable of the Weeds is told directly after the Parable of the Sower. In the Parable, we read Jesus continues to use to example of a farmer sowing seeds. Only this time, it’s not the issue of how the seeds were scattered, but rather what happens when they grow with WEEDS.

(READ Matthew 13: 24- 30)

I don’t know about you, but I’m really bad at gardening. The last time I helped in gardening, I ended up playing with soil and water, getting really dirty. Haha. But let’s establish what weeds are and what they can do. According to my limited knowledge, weeds are simply unwanted plants. Lousy plants that do not bear fruit, they are a farmer’s worst nightmare. They take up precious water and fertiliser, and the other crop cannot get the best nutrients to grow. They do not kill the crop but use up the resources meant for them. In a nutshell, weeds are bad.

So now that we’ve established that weeds are horrible, we can understand why Jesus used the example of weeds in His parable. He used them as a contrast to the wheat, showing the contrast between believer and the non-believing.

So what does the parable mean?

(READ Matthew 13: 36- 43)

What we can learn from this:

- Not only does God sow good seeds into our Earth, we have to be equally aware that the Devil also sows evil seed into this Earth for his evil purposes.
- God has a purpose for all. It can’t be more explicit when it says there will be ‘gnashing of teeth’. That’s scary.
- The need to save others and be sure of our faith. Jesus not only sent a reminder to the un-saved, but also to the saved not to be complacent of their faith.

Let’s seek God with a contrite heart and an open mind! Have a great week!