My flower beds desparetly need weeding. The worst offender in the bed is a tiny white flower that grows from a bulb. Before the flower blooms the bulb grows about the size of a spring onion. Along the sides of the original bulb are tiny baby bulbs that will also enlarge and create more flowers. Sounds wonderful. I won't have to buy bulbs for these pretty white flowers ever again. Oh but wait! That means they will spread. The garden will be filled with Star of Bethlehem in a few short years. Any time I try to pull out a large bulb all the little ones fall off into the soil scattering the flower farther and farther where they will grow and reproduce even more flowers. They will spread into the grass if I accidentally drop a tiny bulb outside the bed. Even if I sift the soil I will miss some of the tiniest bulbs that again will grow and reproduce. I began to despise these pretty flowers with such a unique name. That's when it hit me.
Since the world began Satan has tried to weed out the word of God, His Son and yes, even God himself. Satan thought one bite of the fruit would finish off God's intention but the blood of an innocent animal and the acceptance of the sacrifice was only the beginning. Cain killed Abel. Satan again thought he had won. But God provided Seth. On and on throughout scripture Satan attempts to make man thinks he can weed God out of his life. God always has a person who is willing to follow Him and His plan, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Esther, Daniel, and Cyrus. Then God sent His Son only to have Herod try to kill him by killing all the little boys under two years old. But the Star of Bethlehem won again. All through Jesus's life Satan tried one way and then another to destroy Him. The Jews tried throwing him off a cliff and stoning Him. They tried to discredit him so no one would follow. Then the Romans and the Jews crucified him. Ahh, Satan thought he had won until the third day. Then Jesus was resurrected.
All through history Satan has tried to destroy God's people with persecutions and murder. But God is never left without a witness. Though searched out, sifted, and destroyed, there has always been and always will be a pocket of people scattered far and near that hold dear to God's word and His Son.
Heavenly Father, strengthen Your people to face whatever comes. Whether we are uprooted, sifted, or scattered help us be true to You and the faith You have planted in our hearts. In Jesus's name. Amen.
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