Weeds!

"Although the wicked flourish like weeds, and evildoers blossom with success, there is only eternal destruction ahead of them."
                                       
                                                                                                                                            Psalm 92:7



Earlier today I was weeding in our church garden. Frequently when we raise a garden we work really hard to get the garden ready, the fence up, the ground tilled and fertilized, and the plants in the ground. Then we tend to set back and watch it grow. We water it every few days to make sure it keeps growing and doesn't die and wait patiently for the harvest. Much of the time we just sit back and enjoy all the green plants growing and are encouraged that all is going well.  We really don't take time to examine the plants.  We don't realize that in amoungst the plants, tiny little weeds have started to grow.  At first they just blend in with the "good" plants and it is hard to tell them apart.  But over time they begin to get bigger and bigger.  Some of them even still look a lot like the good plants,don't let them fool you, but others have turned ugly and their roots have gone very deep. Eventually the weeds start to choke out the good plants.  Oh no, what do we do?  Do we just break them of at the top of the dirt?  No, we pull the weeds!   In fact we rip them out of the ground roots and all so that the good plants get the nourishment they need.  Are we OK then?  Is all well? For now, but unless we keep a constant vigal, the weeds will return and once again threaten to over run and ruin the garden.

Our lives are a lot like our gardens.  We prepare and plant our "life garden" by giving our life to God. We water it by going to worship services on Sunday morning, maybe a weekday evening service, and maybe even some form of ministry. But are we keeping a constant vigil over our lives to keep the weeds of sin at bay?  Remember they start small and may even look like the good things in our lives but over time they send their roots deep into our soul and they will grow into something ugly. Then they are very hard to overcome and can end up destroying our lives. Frequently those weeds of sin can actualy help us prosper in this world.  But remember, we are not of this world, we just live in it.  We are of Gods world, His kingdom. 

Are you willing to accept the eternal destruction of your garden from the weeds or are you going to keep a constant vigil and pull the weeds when they are small?