Weeds

But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came & sowed weeds among the wheat, & went away. (Mt. 13:26 NIV)

I was reading this passage & one word stuck out to me.  It was sleeping.  While Christians were sleeping, Satan come along & planted weeds.  Christians were sleeping & silent which gave Satan the opportunity to distort truth & tell lies.  As Christians were sleeping & not speaking up people didn't hear the truth & the weeds started taking over.  Now if you have ever weeded a garden or flower bed, you know it takes a lot of work.  It doesn't get done by sleeping.  Even once the garden is weeded, it takes dedication to keeping it that way.  It's time to wake up!  There is much work to be done!  We have a large garden with a lot of weeds & it can only be done by Christians banding together, waking up & doing the work.  The reward is great.  We must stand.  Nap time is over.  Weeds will choke out the wheat if allowed to & they multiply fast & it's up to the Christian people to not allow that to happen.  Gods word is strong & powerful.  His Spirit can't be stopped.  We have powerful tools & we need to use them in order to take care of the garden.