A thought hit me today as I was watering our seed starts for our garden.  In some of the packs there are weeds that I’m watering.  Why am I doing that?  Of course I pulled out the ones that were blatant weeds(these are easily distinguishable once the real seed start comes up.  

In the other packs where no seed starts were yet, I watered them(the weeds)for multiple days. Was I hoping that that would grow into something other than a weed? Was I just too lazy to pull them?  Did I not take enough time to examine closely?

While I laughed I realized that we do the same thing with sin in our lives.  We are watering weeds that will suck the nutrients out of the good part of our lives.  We should not be surprised that our garden(spiritual life) is lacking if we are not willing to pull the weeds (sin).  The Bible is clear that we are to make no provision for the flesh(Romans 13:14)

In short, stop feeding the weeds of sin in your life! Stop giving them the provision they need to grow.  

Personal Reflection

What weeds are you harboring in your life right now?   A good test is to ask yourself what am I doing that makes me feel disqualified to serve the LORD after I do it?   

Read Romans 13:13-14

Now is the time to confess, repent and pull those weeds!

Prayer Focus

Father we confess that we have been feeding the weeds of sin in our lives.  Give us the strength and desire to pull them out that your fruit would flourish to its fullest potential.  We fully trust that all this is possible and will be done in the Name of Jesus, Amen!

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