{"id":34745,"title":"Pull the Weeds - The BELIEVE Blog","description":"When I was younger, I remember my Dad reading me a story of a boy who was given the task of weeding his back garden. \n\nThe young boy, however, made a mistake in deciding that some weeds did not matter as they were only small. When the boy felt that the job was complete, he put away his tools and resumed playing. \n\nThe next week came and it was time to weed once more. He noticed the weeds from the week before that he had left. They had already grown significantly but in his pride and stubbornness, decided to leave them again.\n\nBy the time he had returned for the third week, the omitted weeds gave the boy a nasty shock.","content":"

\"lakcibn4xak929asddl1tk9r9fvatichgusotayza3ofwuw6.jpeg.jpeg?w=1140&v=2\"\u201cWhoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.\u201d Proverbs 28:13<\/p><\/blockquote>

When I was younger, I remember my Dad reading me a story of a boy who was given the task of weeding his back garden.<\/strong> This boy was not pleased with this at all but after a tantrum and encouragement from his father, he conceded and began his work.<\/p>

The young boy, however, made a mistake in deciding that some weeds did not matter as they were only small.<\/strong> When the boy felt that the job was complete, he put away his tools and resumed playing. <\/p>

The next week came and it was time to weed once more. This was met with objection again but the boy obeyed much quicker. He noticed the weeds from the week before that he had left. They had already grown significantly<\/strong> but in his pride and stubbornness, decided to leave them again.<\/p>

By the time he had returned for the third week, the omitted weeds gave the boy a nasty shock. They had grown exponentially and were rooted deep. A small tug was not sufficient and the boy began to panic. He got to work with vigour but the weeds would not budge. <\/strong>He dug around one with a trowel, pulled hard but fell backwards holding the broken stem. There in the ground he could see the thick root and the boy ran crying to his father to confess his error.<\/p>

Of course, the father had no trouble with the root <\/strong>but the story proved to be a great lesson on obedience and submission to God.<\/p>

Like the weeds, unconfessed sin will grow.<\/strong> And it\u2019s not so much the visible parts of that weed that are dangerous, it\u2019s the damage that the roots are doing in our heart. The longer it\u2019s left alone, the harder it is to deal with.<\/p>

The same can be said for the parts of our lives that, although not directly sinful, we aren\u2019t willing to let God have his way with. Maybe it's some company we keep, shows that we watch or habits that bind us.<\/strong> These kinds of things are easier for Satan to blind us to and therefore harder to give to the Lord.<\/p>

My counsel to you is twofold:<\/p>