"To create readiness, to nudge the people toward receptive insight."
Jesus tells a lot of stories. Which one spoke most to you?
The harvest
The thistles in the field
The mustard seed
The yeast
The treasure in the field
The pearl of great value
The fishnet
I have heard all 39 of Jesus' parables over and over again. A new insight hit me on the second one today. Before Christ gave his explanation, I had a thought, regarding how this concept plays out on a personal level.
First of all, Jesus' storytelling fulfilled this prophecy, "I will bring out into the open things hidden since the world's first day." During the first week of creation, God planted good, clean seed in the garden. The enemy came in and sowed thistles within our very nature. Even if we wanted to, we couldn't eliminate them without killing the body.
So what do we do then?
What if we nurtured only the plants and not the weeds. What would grow?
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Is this possible? If thistles are part of our very nature don't we wrestle between the healthy plant and the choking weed?
ReplyDeleteTwo things are true: You reap what you sow and what you water grows. If you don't feed bad habits, they weaken and sometimes die on the vine.
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