Harvested Together

~~~ Exodus 24:3-8 ~~~ Psalm 50 ~~~ Matthew 13:24-30 ~~~ 

 

Moses listened, recorded, proclaimed, built twelve pillars,

 and sprinkled the people with the blood offering.

 

“This is the blood of the covenant
that the LORD has made with you
in accordance with all these words of his.”

He did all of this to impress upon the people God's covenant with them.

 

God sowed good seed throughout the land,

but the weeds grew up in the same land.

If God did not allow 'weeds' to mingle with the good seeds;

the good seeds may not be as healthy.

 

In like it is normal to have a contrast between things.

 

The farmer planted good seed only to discover later the presence of weeds.

The weeds introduced themselves among the good seed.

The weeds went undetected until they were already established.

The weeds were rooted in the same soil as the good seed.

 

...at harvest time I will say to the harvesters,
“First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles for burning;
but gather the wheat into my barn.”

 

The master permits the weeds to grow beside the good seeds.

Sometimes we do not realize what we consider a minor fault

may become just like the weeds in this gospel.

 

We may not be able to remove all of the 'weeds' from our life.

We can, however, ask God for clarity

so that we may recognize

the difference between the good seeds and the weeds.

 

Blessings come in the harvest when the good is preserved.

The good will be protected in the barn of the Master.