"The farmer's workers went to him and said, 'Sir, the field where you planted that good seed is full of weeds! Where did they come from?'
'An enemy has done this!' the farmer exclaimed.
'Should we pull out the weeds?' they asked.
'No,' he replied, 'you'll uproot the wheat if you do. Let both grow together until the harvest. Then I will tell the harvesters to sort out the weeds, tie them into bundles, and burn them, and to put the wheat in the barn.'"
Do you wonder why God allows his people to live and suffer along with the wicked? Here's the answer: because he doesn't want to destroy us (the wheat). It's his compassion that leads to his patience. Now is the time for us to live among the weeds. Yes, they choke us. They make it difficult to be fruitful. But God has a plan, and he knows just how and when to do the sorting. We must allow his patience and compassion to become ours as well.
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