Morning by Morning, June 25, 2026 — Full Maturity for the Harvest
Good morning, Lord Jesus. I speak out Your name and listen for Your leading to begin my day with You in the communion of prayer. …
“Another parable (Jesus) put forth to them, saying: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. So the servants of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’ He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’ But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, ‘First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn’” (Matthew 13:24-30).
Both “the wheat” and “the tares” have been growing up together. What You have sown and what “the enemy” has sown. Both good and evil. They grow together “until the harvest.”
You explained this parable about the kingdom of God to Your first disciples as speaking of “the harvest” at “the end of the age” (v. 39). You said the “good seeds” of the wheat speak of “the sons of the kingdom” and the bad seeds of the tares speak of “the sons of the wicked one,” with both kinds of seeds being sown into “the field” of “the world” (v. 38).
All “the seeds” have been growing, both good and evil. Both the sons of the kingdom and the sons of the wicked one are at work in our world. All the effects of all that’s been sown throughout time is now growing up to full maturity, growing up to the time of the harvest here at the end of this age.
Let us not be discouraged by the evil we see, but encouraged by the good we see. Let us not be dismayed by all in the world that seems so wicked and evil, but determined to be a part of all that You’re doing in our world. The time of judgment will come for “those who practice lawlessness,” but at the same time, the time of vindication will come for “the righteous” who “will shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father” (v. 41-43).
Lord, keep doing all You need to do in me, that I may be aligned and identified with those who are “righteous” by Your grace, being found faithful to be growing up to full maturity in Your kingdom, with Your kingdom growing to full maturity in me.
The days of harvest are coming. The days of growing up to full maturity—whether mature in good or mature in evil, whether mature in the Spirit or mature in the flesh—are here. May I be one who shines for You. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, may you continue growing in maturity, with the kingdom of God growing in you, to be one of the Lord's sons of the kingdom who shines in our world during this harvest at the end of the age, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!
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