We noticed beautiful yellow flowers with leaves in front of our driveway a couple of weeks ago. I have never seen one there over the years, and while we were looking at it, Hyemi said, “These are pumpkin flowers!” It turns out, that when we got a pumpkin to carve in the fall season, we placed it out in the driveway and left it out there for the longest time until it got mushy, and finally got rid of it. The seeds must have come out during that time and were planted in that spot and started growing there. I don’t know whether pumpkins will actually grow there, but they don’t belong in the driveway. When the time comes, I will pluck them out and get rid of them.
There’s a similar parable in the gospel of Matthew, which talks about wheat and tares (Matthew 13:24-30). It talks about how the enemy came at night and sowed tares in the wheatfield. The master let both the wheat and tare grow together, but when the time of the harvest comes, the servants will gather the wheat from the tares, and the tares will be burned. This parable is about the kingdom of heaven.
This reminds us to be ready for the time when Jesus returns. Jesus explains in Matthew 13:41, “The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness.” The tares represent those who offend and live a lawless life. If one cannot abide by the law of the kingdom of heaven, it would be very difficult to live in the joy of God’s ways. 1 John 5:3 says, “For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.” I pray we will find the joy of keeping God’s commandments.
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