Series: Youth for Jesus
Number: Vol. 9, No. 7
“”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 root up 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.'”” (Matt 13:27-30NIV)
What we have in our opening text is part of the parable that our Lord told about God’s attitude towards evil in His kingdom. As the parable shows us, it is not every time God immediately deals with evil in the world or among His people once it shows up. There are times that He allows it to grow and mature before dealing with it.
But why does God sometimes allow evil to thrive for a period in a place before dealing with it? There are two main reasons for this, as we see in the parable we are considering. The first reason is that evil may be identified as evil in an unmistakable way.
See, unless some acts of evil are given some time to thrive and mature, people may not see them as truly evil and destructive. But when they are given enough time to thrive and destroy those doing them or those around them, everybody will agree that they are indeed evil and must be dealt with.
In the same way, unless some wicked people are given enough time and space to show themselves as wicked, those around them may not know them for what they really are. But when they are given enough time and opportunities to reveal themselves, everyone will know the truth about them and how to deal with them.
The second reason God sometimes gives evil room to thrive before dealing with it is that He may not hurt innocent and righteous people while dealing with it. You know there are times that righteous and good people may be so involved with wicked and bad people that there is no way God will judge those wicked and bad people and not hurt them. Sometimes, this may be because of their ignorance. And sometimes it may be because certain circumstances of life have yoked them together with the wicked.
In any case, because of His love for good and righteous people, God often waits until He is able to properly separate them from the wicked before carrying out His judgment on the wicked. And if we don’t understand this, we may think that He is slow in judging wickedness or that He is totally uninterested in judging it. But He will never fail to judge wickedness. It is just that He won’t judge it before the time to do so is ripe; He won’t judge it prematurely.
So, don’t lose heart, if wickedness seems to be thriving where you are, even though you can see it and are praying that God will deal with it. He will surely deal with it at the right time. And to say the fact, your own safety and the safety of others whom you love may just be the reason He is yet to judge it. So, remain patient, as you continue to do what is good and right.
Then you too, in dealing with life’s problems, should study to know when to allow some problems to fully reveal themselves before dealing with them. What is common with many of us is to deal with a problem immediately it surfaces. But there are some problems that will create more problems for us, if we deal with them prematurely. And it takes the wisdom of God to identify such problems and patiently wait for them to mature or full reveal themselves to us and everyone around us before dealing with them.
Therefore, learn to pray to God to daily furnish you with adequate wisdom and understanding to recognise the nature of every life problem you are dealing with, so that you will not deal with any problem prematurely and create more and bigger problems for yourself. And it shall be so.
Cheers!
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