Why Do The Weeds Have To Grow With The Wheat?

Yesterday, following the parable of sowing of seed, we will heard the parable of the good seed — the wheat — being invaded by the bad seed — the weed. (Matt. 13:24-30. 36-43)

Of all of Jesus’ parables this one touches every generation with a profound truth.

The Good and the bad must exist together until the final harvest.

Thought the years I have played a lot mental games about this obvious situation. 

One of my thoughts has been that maybe the good seed will, in the long run, have a positive effect on the bad seed.

I remember when I was growing up parents would say something like this:  “Don’t play with that kid, he/she is a bad influence.”

One of my dearest friend in high school was one of those considered a bad influence.  She was a great person and a good friend.  Her only problem was that her older sister had made some unfortunate choice and thus had a bad reputation.

My friend suffered because of her sisters mistakes.  

Fortunately my mother trusted me to do the right thing; and allowed me to be Sally’s (alias) friend.

We are still friends today.

In a perfect world everyone would be wheat — good growth.  And if you take scripture literally, I would have to say that God did say all He created was “very good.”

I have often wondered how the “evil one” got into God’s "very good" creation.  It is still not clear to me.

The point, that does seem clear, there is another force roaming around the earth. You can read of this in the first chapter of Job. 

⁷The Lord said to Satan, ‘Where have you come from?’ Satan answered the Lord, ‘From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.’ (Job 1)

Satan is most certainly not good.   
                                                In my opinion of course.

It is also interesting to me that God did not — or seemed not to — know about Satan.

‘Where have you come from?’

Sentences, questions, like that make me wonder how God could not have know about this evil one. 

I grew up believing that God was all knowing, all wise. 

What I also learned from childhood was that God was not like us, didn’t think like us and didn’t do things our way.

So we just have to live with the truth.  Wheat and weeds need to grow together.  

That is just the truth whether we like it or not.  

However, what I also know is that Jesus/God are not at all fond of the activity of the evil one.

But don't ask me why.