Timing Is Everything

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May 5, 2025
3 min read

Timing Is Everything: Trusting God to Finish What He Started

Reflection on Matthew 13:24-30 and Bishop T.D. Jakes’s “Timing Is Everything”

📖 Scripture: Matthew 13:24–30 (NIV)

“Jesus told them another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.’” “‘The owner’s servants came to him and said, “Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?”’” “‘An enemy did this,’ he replied.” “‘The servants asked him, “Do you want us to go and pull them up?”’” “‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest.’”

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🌾 The Parable Breakdown: When Good and Evil Grow Side by Side

This parable hits a place in us that few others reach. It addresses the unfairness of life, the frustration of watching evil succeed, and the tension of being good in a broken world.

Bishop T.D. Jakes broke it down with a truth that hits hard:

“You can’t always fix everything when you see it. Some things you have to endure until God is ready to deal with them.”

That’s difficult to swallow. When you’ve poured everything into your ministry, family, job, or purpose—and still find weeds showing up in your field—you naturally want to clean it up. You want justice. You want peace. You want the mess gone now.

But the Master says:

“Let both grow together until the harvest.”

Why? Because pulling weeds prematurely can destroy your harvest. God isn’t ignoring your pain. He’s protecting your process. You’re still tender. You’re still taking root. Pulling too soon might rip apart what He’s still developing.

✨ Key Takeaways from Bishop T.D. Jakes

1. “God is working on your timeline and His timeline at the same time.”

Even when you feel stalled or stuck, God is aligning moments in heaven and earth. You’re not waiting because you’re behind. You’re waiting because He’s preparing.

🔑 Philippians 1:6 — “He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”

You must trust Him to finish what He started—even if it means watching weeds grow while your harvest matures.

2. Discernment over Emotion

“Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should. God’s silence is not His absence.”Sometimes silence is your instruction. Bishop Jakes reminded us that we are often moved by emotion—offended, angry, bitter. But pulling weeds out of impulse can sabotage your own success.

🕊 Ecclesiastes 3:1 — “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.”

3. God Protects Before He Promotes

The weeds didn’t surprise God—they exposed the enemy. The enemy didn’t destroy the field—he revealed himself.

“If the enemy thought you weren’t dangerous, he would’ve left you alone.”

God lets both grow to show you who’s for you and who’s not. Sometimes the delay isn’t about your ability—it’s about your protection. God wants you to be strong enough to withstand the separation when harvest comes.

🙏 Final Thoughts: Don’t Dig It Up — Grow Through It

It’s not easy to be patient when life feels unfair. When people lie about you, when your name is dragged, when you’re doing right but everything seems to go wrong, it’s tempting to take matters into your own hands.

But Bishop T.D. Jakes left us with a challenge:

“Don’t curse the season of growth just because it’s uncomfortable.”

God is letting things grow—not because He’s unjust, but because He’s strategic. When it’s time, He will separate the wheat from the weeds, the good from the evil, the real from the fake. Until then?

“You must trust Him to finish what He started.”

Let the haters talk. Let the enemies plot. Let the weeds grow. Because harvest is coming—and when it does, it won’t be a fight. It will be a separation. A shift. A divine rearrangement.