WEEDS AND ANGELS

I'm making my way SLOWLY through Matthew at present, slowly being the operative word as the Lord seems to be opening stuff up on almost every verse. So, in Chapters 11 and 12 I have been looking in a new way at the characteristics of Jesus as they should show in our lives. (Will do a separate blog on that one!)

THEN I came to Chapter 13 and had some serious thoughts about the “WEED PULLERS". I don’t feel we were called to point fingers all the time, and some of it is really throwing the baby out with the bathwater! I wondered why I felt so strongly.

THEN in Matt. 13 I am reminded once again that the ANGELS are the ones who will pull up the weeds THEN bring the wheat into the barn. It kind of ties into the threshing floor stuff, the coming to where the Lord does the winnowing, and sorts the chaff from the wheat. If the original temple was built on the threshing floor maybe we, as the temple in which His Spirit resides, will be built on a process of sifting and refining on that same floor?

The harvest is the end of the age and the harvesters are angels. I wonder why we are having so much angelic visitation right now? Should we be pleased or scared that they are showing up in great numbers?

THEN the righteous will shine like the sun (glory?) in the Kingdom of their Father.
….the ANGELS will come and separate the wicked from the righteous.

Is it possible the angels are showing up as harvesters and looking for the unrighteous weeds to be pulled up now – if so perhaps we should leave the work to them!?

I love it that the seeds of the Kingdom look small and insignificant, but their increase and growth is supernaturally large because they are planted by the Lord (mustard seeds to trees). Heaven forbid that we should pull up one of these sprouting seeds because it doesnt look right or strong to us. The Son of Man is the seed sower, and only He knows what kind of plant and fruit He expects to see!

Matt.13:52 says
THEREFORE every teacher of the law who has been instructed about the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom NEW TREASURES as well as old.

I feel that in this time we need to know which work is ours and which belongs to the angels ONLY – for our own growth and good. My work is to reflect Jesus, to grow up in all things to look as much like Him as it is humanly possible to do with the help of His Spirit, and have sufficient faith and trust in Him to allow Him to do this same work with my brothers and sisters, praying for them, praying far more than saying anything about the apparent shortcomings of others in His family.

This is all kind of thought provoking isnt' it?