THE GOOD GROWS, AND THE BAD GROW, TOO!
Bad things grow, too! Neglecting to remove them doesn’t stunt their growth or kill them.
Matthew 13:26 EasyEnglish
The good seeds grew and the plants began to make seeds. But when this happened, the weeds also grew.
Dear Believer,
Those of us who experienced crop farming aren’t strangers to the stubbornness of weeds. These useless and often dangerous plants take up space, compete with the real crops for nutrients and take from us energy that could be used to take care of the crops.
All aspects of life should be approached with the ‘farm mentality.’ The farm shows us that weeds are an unavoidable fact of life. Everyone has to deal with weeds.
When you plant your grains of maize in a good soul, they grow. But then you notice that weeds also grow. You didn’t plant them, but they grow anyway. They are bad, but they grow in good soils anyway.
You don’t leave weeds to take care of themselves. If you do, your farm will be taken over by them. They choke your crops and waste your efforts. As a young boy with a farm, I’ve experienced it. I got too busy doing school work and came back to meet my farm overgrown with weeds. The crops I planted had become malnourished beyond redemption. All my efforts were wasted!
It is a tragedy today that many believers spend time initiating good things in their lives but spend no time weeding out bad things. This happens a lot in the areas of character and spiritual development.
A believer might neglect to deal with lust that started as a little, irritating feeling tugging at his heart. He may go on growing in the good areas. But that is a problem.
Bad things grow, too!
Neglecting to remove them doesn’t stunt their growth or kill them.
Growing good things in your life doesn’t automatically kill bad things, either.
You must settle down and have a definite system of dealing with the vices that are lurking in the shadows of your life.
Laziness, procrastination, envy, lust, anger, greed or whatever it is that are not compatible with a lifestyle of holiness, uprightness and integrity must be crushed.
If they are demons, deal with them. If they are habits you picked up while growing up, start uprooting them.
All of us have heard of certain ‘men of God’ who were found to do some grievous things and ruined their names and ministry. The sins they committed were usually the weeds that had grown in their lives for decades — weeds they neglected to uproot while developing the good abilities they had, growing in the anointing and influence.
It takes only one bad seed to spoil a whole basket of fruits. Do not tolerate weeds!
Matthew 15:13 KJV
But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
Settle down and take and take inventory of your moral and spiritual life. Pray. Seek counsel. Bring the hidden weaknesses out from the shadows into the light and let the Sun of Righteousness incinerate them.
Today again, I pray you end well!
Have a great day.
Your friend,
Deon.
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Deon Akintomide is a Pastor, author and publisher. He teaches the Word of God and ministers healing to the body and the mind. He is the founding minister of the LifeHouse Global Missions and the Pastor of The LifeHouse Kingdom Centre in Lagos. Deon is married to Tola Akintomide.
