CONCERT OF PRAYER

Pray Week 924

“Good Seed”

He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also. (Matthew 13:24-26)

When I help people select grass seed for purchase they almost always reel from sticker shock when they see the price of good seed. Good seed is pure seed. In our reference Scripture the man sowed good seed and his enemy sowed the weeds. As I read this passage in Matthew I was challenged with the question as to whether or not I am my own worst enemy in that I am sowing noxious weed seed in my heart along with the pure seed of God’s Word.

For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. (2 Timothy 3:2-5)

The man in Jesus’ parable allowed the weeds to grow with the wheat so that the weeds would be more readily identifiable when they reached maturity and bore grain. Sometimes weeds can have the appearance of the good plant – that is until the plants bear fruit. You can tell the noxious weed by its fruit.

…the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. (Mark 4:19)

Another aspect of good seed is that it has little if any inert matter. Inert matter occupies space and weight and provides no value to the purchase of good seed. How much inert matter – the useless things with respect to the eternal kingdom of God do I allow to choke the good seed of God’s Word in my life?

…but they mixed with the nations and learned to do as they did. They served their idols, which became a snare to them. (Psalm 106:35-36)

Good seed will have little or no other crop seed mixed in. How pure is my relationship with God? Do I accept His entire Word as Truth or do I pick and choose what appeals to my flesh while ignoring the more convicting passages? Have I diluted my faith and the power of God’s Word by embracing non-scriptural doctrines and practices?

Good Seed is expensive because it is pure seed. The pure seed of God’s Word however is priceless and it is free for all who will embrace its Truth.

May the fruit of the Spirit: Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control be evident in your life testifying to the good and pure seed of Christ’s presence in your heart.