Thought for the week:​​

Matthew ch13 v24-30 & 36-43 (Romans ch8 v12-25.)

This week we continue the focus on crops as Jesus uses another similar and yet slightly

different illustration, which came alive for me with all the sunny weather highlighting the growing crops in the fields around us.

So, have you ever noticed how much of God’s work takes time? Seeds grow slowly, fruit ripens gradually, and even the seasons refuse to be hurried.

We, however, often pray for immediate answers, instant justice or quick solutions. Jesus gives us a different mental picture using a parable. The wheat continues to grow even while the weeds remain. God’s apparent delay is not weakness but deliberate, giving space for his purposes to

unfold.

Perhaps that is the encouragement we need today. We may not see all that God is doing in our lives, our churches or our world, yet the Lord of the harvest has not abandoned his field. So, let us resist impatience, keep trusting his promises and continue to grow faithfully where he has planted us. The harvest belongs to him, and so does our future.

MM