The Good and Weeds in us

I love the gospel of Matthew, where the parables and teachings of Jesus somehow stands out more-like the light from a beacon rising up and shining bright, out in the darken seas. Matt 13:24-43 talks about a sower who planted good seeds for wheat but an enemy came and sowed among them, weeds. To me it is like those of us who heard the Word of God, accepted and received it and was given the gift of faith and life, but then along came Satan with all his temptations and so we wandered away from the path of life, and could not find our way back to the path leading to the kingdom of God, but God, ever mindful of his flock and realising his sheep is missing goes out to seek and calls for their return.

This faltering of faith in every individual, reminds me of the passage from Matt: 14: 29 when the Lord came walking on the sea and Peter called out to the Lord that if it was indeed Him (Jesus)to bid him (Peter) go to the Lord on the water and the Lord said to him "Come" and Peter trusting in the Lord, got out of the boat and walked on the water and went to Jesus but when he saw the wind, he became afraid and started to sink. He called out to Jesus to save him and immediately Jesus reach out and caught hold of him. Peter shifted his focus away from Jesus to the wind and seeing the fierce winds,, doubts crept in and took away his faith; he started to sink but the Lord was quick to respond to his call; reach out and caught hold of him and saved him. Often, we let the weeds in our life suffocate the goodness and faith in us that we lose sight of the Lord and start to lose direction.

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So too when Satan start offering his candies, like naive children, we eagerly reach out to savour of the illusionary sweetness and became so addicted to the glitters of sin that we lose our bearings and sway away from our faith; from the "wheat" and the goodness in us. Even then, The Father in his love does not cast us away, He does not shut the gates of Heaven from us, just because we are contaminated by sins and wrongs, instead he waits patiently for us to untangle ourselves from the "weeds" and heed his call to return home. Sometimes, it takes more than a call, it takes, pains,sufferings and misfortunes in our lives before we turn back to God, once again and in renewed faith, retrace our steps back to the Loving Father in Heaven, into the Kingdom of God.