Mathew 13:24-30, 36-43
This parable, about the good seed and the weeds is quite
straight-forward and self-explanatory for us to understand! Also Jesus himself
is seen later, in verses 36-43,explaining the parable .
No matter how many times I might have read or studied a
particular passage,but everytime I seem to understand something new,something
different and most of the time its completely apt to my
‘at-that-particular-time’ situation. I am pretty sure, this is the
experience of most of us! Power of The Word!!
Couple
of things that made me think when I was reading this parable were a) v25 “…But
while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed ….”
True..very
true!! The enemy usually comes while we are sleeping, i.e when we are least
alert! He chooses a time when we are tired and worn out i.e when our prayers and praises become weak. In life,when
nothing seems to be happening, no prayers seems being answered, no situation or
circumstance seems to be changing;as if God had forgotten about our existence on
planet earth.! And hence, tempting us to reason why, to doubt his
capability, to waver from our faith and sometimes to just give up and leave him
! That is why the bible has verses like To be vigilant, be alert,be on your
guard, (1 Peter 5:8 ,1 Corinthians 16:13 and many more! )
Also we have to “be careful” and keep in check
even our daily dealings i.e. our speech ,our conduct, our attitude and our
treatment towards things,towards people,this too can open a door for the devil
to walk in!
The 2nd thing
I have always wondered was why is god letting the evil be! Like in my
case, when I was recovering ,I knew I shouldn’t ask “why” so I just re-framed
it to “what if”. Instead of “why did this happen to me?” , I was
like “what if God...the bad people like the murderers, rapists or
terrorists,people who commit heinous crimes, have brain tumor?” As if god
wanted my opinion to run the world. But V29-30 gives us a clearer picture, he
is just waiting till the harvest,till the end "and" there will definitely be an end to evil, to people who do evil, to the enemy, by
everlasting fire! Let us just be smart and never give up but keep pressing on
because one day,in God’s chosen time, everything will make sense!
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