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Monday September 9
When the grain had sprouted...then the tares also appeared." Matthew 13:26 NKJV
Jesus said: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good sed in his field; But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. So the servants of the owner...said to him, 'Sir did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?' He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' The servants said to him, 'Do you want us then to go and gather them up?" But he said, 'No, lets while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, "First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn"'" (vv. 24-30 NKJV). Removing the weeds (ungodly) from the wheat (godly) is not our job. We must concentrate on cultivating wheat, and let God do the dividing. Why? Because the roots of both plants (Lives) will have become so closely entwined that even if you could differentiate between the two, you would uproot the wheat with the weeds. You would also uproot the wheat that was planted and would mature later. Plus, some of the wheat that has not yet formed heads of grain you would confuse for weeds. Your job is to bear good fruit, and God's job is to divide the wheat from the tares. So the word for you today is--leave the judging to God.
Monday September 9
When the grain had sprouted...then the tares also appeared." Matthew 13:26 NKJV
Jesus said: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good sed in his field; But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. So the servants of the owner...said to him, 'Sir did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?' He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' The servants said to him, 'Do you want us then to go and gather them up?" But he said, 'No, lets while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, "First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn"'" (vv. 24-30 NKJV). Removing the weeds (ungodly) from the wheat (godly) is not our job. We must concentrate on cultivating wheat, and let God do the dividing. Why? Because the roots of both plants (Lives) will have become so closely entwined that even if you could differentiate between the two, you would uproot the wheat with the weeds. You would also uproot the wheat that was planted and would mature later. Plus, some of the wheat that has not yet formed heads of grain you would confuse for weeds. Your job is to bear good fruit, and God's job is to divide the wheat from the tares. So the word for you today is--leave the judging to God.
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