Weeds in a yard or garden indicate neglect. Minds filled with worries, making money, having fun—even constantly listening to Christian music and filling your days with good deeds but giving little or no time for God's Word can crowd out hearing from God. Neglected weeds can choke the life from vegetation, causing little or no fruit. Negligence also affects Christians' spiritual gardens. God did not save us only to escape hell's fire but to daily spend time with Him, meditate on and hide His Word in our hearts, living out His teachings in faith, tell others of His saving grace and do good works for His glory and bear fruit in His name. Laziness invites weeds to overtake our lives; we are no longer effective, taking for granted the great price Jesus paid to rescue us. "Therefore, we ought to give the most earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. . . How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation. . ." (Heb 2:1, 3)? If we are God's child, we won't escape God's discipline (Heb 12:5, 6). It is better for us to pull out the weeds than for our heavenly Father to start yanking them.
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