Grown Together, Gathered Apart

‘Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.” '  Matthew 13:30

This verse gives a warning to those who live to look out for number one. A person does not want to finish first in this race. At times we might wonder why the Lord does not simply remove all those who oppose Him and live reveling in their present darkness. Here we see that those who would live as tares are allowed to remain in the field growing together with the wheat until the harvest time. The gathering for the wheat and the tares is quite different as the consequences of the choices in this life come in the judgment. The Master Farmer stands and directs the bundles of tares to the fire and the sheaves of wheat to the barn. Grown together, gathered apart. 

To the Lord Jesus we are gathered,

Bucky