WHEAT or WEED?

Let’s read Matthew 13:24-30 & Psalm 1:3-6 in tandem

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? Where 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.”

“That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers. Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction”

First of all, let us look at the parable of the probable climax for the “wheat” and  the “weed” of the spiritual realm. Spiritually speaking, after being truly born again, you are humbled down to a seed of wheat. You are sown in the field (the world) as a “good seed”. That is how you become part of the righteous family of God. But that is not the end of it all. In fact it is just the beginning...!

God’s righteous family is not secluded from the world’s unrighteous family. “As it is we do not belong to the world” (John 15:19), but we are placed in this corrupt/sinful world with a purpose (which is to glorify our heavenly father by being His witnesses). Hence do not be surprised or frustrated if you notice any weeds (unrighteous people) around you. It is not our job to pluck the weeds out (judge and accuse the “bad” people around us). God waits till its harvest (judgement) time before He burns them, and that should boost our patience with them. 

The important thing is to make sure that you are growing as “wheat” and not as “weed”. Just the ability to differentiate between “weed” and “wheat” does not automatically make you “wheat”. What an ironical climax it would be if you spend all your life accusing the “weeds” around you without realising that you yourself were a “weed” and not “wheat”...!

Don’t be quick to judge/accuse/exterminate someone who you think is unrighteous; wait till its harvest!