Thanks for stopping back for the rest of this study. Now let’s get into
the meat of the matter. Matthew 13: 24-30 Jesus told them
another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good
seed in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among
the wheat, and went away. When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds
also appeared. ‘The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow
good seed in your field? W here then did the weeds come from?’ ‘An enemy did
this,’ he replied.“The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them
up?’ ‘No,’ he answered,
‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I
will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be
burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.’”
As I was reading through chapter 13 this
was the parable where I found the most meat.
Then reading a little further in the chapter Jesus gives an
explanation/meaning of this parable. Matthew
13:37-39 “ He answered, “The one who sowed the good seed is the Son
of Man. The field is the world, and the good seed
stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one, and the enemy who sows them is the devil.
The harvest is the
end of the age, and
the harvesters are angels.”
Before I go any further I need to take a
minute to explain one thing that is mostly forgotten about the spirit of God. I
recall hearing many worship singers and ministers say the Spirit is a gentleman
and will not come where not invited. John
14:26 “But the Comforter,
which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my
name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance,
whatsoever I have said unto you”
Here is where things get a little
complicated. Now if the wheat is growing
in God; the tare is also growing in the knowledge of how the Spirit
operates. How smart would it be if the
wheat could be deceived by one who appears like itself? How easy is it for us as people to relate to
someone who looks or acts or sounds like we do?
This when it is most import to operate
with the spirit of discernment. To be able to distinguish the wheat from the tare
the parable leads us to believe the power of the angels is necessary. Well the
thing most of forget is in Psalm 8:2-5 David speaks to God and confirms that
the son of man was made a little lower than the angels. So, if we are in fact endowed
with the spirit, we should have the ability to detect the tare without much
effort.
When I looked back through the scriptures
for the actions or the results of being filled with the Spirit of the Lord,
what I found was even more fascinating than I had ever learned. In the Old Testament the spirit of the Lord
is discussed and in every instance the spirit was full of wisdom, knowledge, peace,
calmness and tranquility. The utterances
given and just about every occurrence those filled speak with prophecy.
Let me just point out one thing here, Matthew
13:26 “But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared
the tares also.” As we grow and are
endowed with the wisdom and knowledge of God and we are walking in our ministry
the enemy has been right there and knows what areas are our weakest and that is
when it becomes more apparent who/what is the tare.
Because until we bare fruit then the enemy
is content to just hang with us and not be a problem. Once you’ve taken that
step of faith, spring up, the enemy will be right there like a mirror image reversed.
For every step the tare will be there to entangle your roots, the knowledge
given that allowed you to spring forth, but the beauty is once you’ve cried out
to God he will send his angels to rid the kingdom of the tare.
‘When I think about the word “tare” all I can
imagine is being pulled away from something and in all actuality that is exactly
what the tare does. It tries to separate
us from other wheat to tare us away from our purpose and God’s promises to us.
The other thing I noticed about tare is it not only grows with the wheat, but
it grows intertwined with the wheat. So much so, that a reaper would have to
kill the wheat to get rid of the tare until the wheat is fully matured.
After much time and meditation it is
simply this, no matter what you have done or what you struggling with or the hindrances
we’ve been taught keep us from God, NOT SO! If God planted you, he already
knows what will distract you, but hold on and just keep being that stalk of
wheat. Watch the actions of the tare and you will not see: Galations 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Tomorrow I will do my best to expound on the
fruit of the spirit. Just something to think about is the word fruit is
singular. With that I pray you’ve received something for my words and find
peace through the night. Jumped, shouted and let it all out Monday! Smooches~~
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