World at War

God plants his word into the world in order to promote his purposes. The ground receives the seed and fruit is produced.

The enemy also plants into the world. His purpose is to disrupt the production of fruit. The weeds compete with the word.

While we remain in this world, we will always exist in a shadowed state. We will see God work clearly. And it will be obscured by the enemy. We experience life and joy through the Spirit. We will experience pain and loss.

It is proof of the struggle we are in. Success and failure. Gain and loss. We are at war. It is only at the end that a final sorting will take place.