“Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.” (Matthew 13: 30) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. In our Focal Scripture, the householder told his servants to allow the tares to grow together with the wheat. Tares are weed. Ordinarily, you don’t even need to plant weed for it to grow; it

“Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.” (Matthew 13: 30) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. In our Focal Scripture, with the tares still on ground, the householder began to speak of the time of harvest. Tares were on ground; difficulties were on ground; but the householder began to

NOT BY OPPOSITION “Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.” (Matthew 13: 30) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. In our Focal Scripture, the householder told the servants to allow the tares to exist side by side with the wheat, until the time of harvest. Ordinarily, tares are weed that

“28. He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? 29. But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.” (Matthew 13: 28-29) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. In our Focal Scripture, the servants of the householder proposed that they should go and root out the tares from amongst the wheat. The householder declined approval, citing the

“He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?” (Matthew 13: 28) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. When the servants of the householder told him about the tares which they had seen in his fields, his response was “An enemy hath done this”. The householder did not focus on the weakness or sleep of his servants. He focused on the root of the issue, which is the enemy. He realiz