Wheat or Tares: Which is Your Seed?

Daily Scripture Threshing for Today, Sunday, May 31, 2026

Text: Matthew 13:24–30, 36–43

Key Verse: “Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, ‘Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.’” — Matthew 13:30 (ESV)

Today’s threshing takes us back on the journey we walked in the last two threshings into one of Jesus’ clearest kingdom parables, where a field that was sown with good seed is later invaded by tares while men slept. A tare is an ancient term used to describe a certain injurious weed which is famous for looking almost identical to wheat when the plants are young. The householder explains that the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom, while the tares represent the sons of the evil one. This means that not every visible growth is proof of divine planting; some seeds look similar at first, but their source and fruit reveal their true identity.

The context matters: Jesus is not merely teaching agriculture; He is unveiling the mystery of spiritual mixture in the world and even in the visible community of faith. The enemy does not usually begin with obvious destruction; he sows counterfeit seed subtly, quietly, and at night. That is why discernment is necessary. A seed may appear promising at planting time, but harvest exposes what it truly was all along. God’s wheat is marked by life, fruitfulness, and endurance, while tares may occupy space, but they cannot produce the same nature.

This word is a sober call to examine the seeds you are receiving, nurturing, and reproducing. Some seeds are planted by truth, prayer, obedience, and the Word of God; others are planted by compromise, offense, fleshly desires, and deception. What you keep sowing into your heart will eventually shape your harvest. The enemy would love for you to mislabel tares as wheat, but the Lord calls you to discern both your source and your fruit. Through prayer, the Holy Spirit gives clarity to recognize what is of God and what only looks like it.

Child of God, your life is a field, and every seed matters. If you sow in the Spirit, you will reap life; if you sow to the flesh, corruption will follow. But thanks be to God, the same Lord who allows the wheat and tares to grow together until harvest also gives grace for repentance, correction, and renewal. Today is a day to ask: What am I planting? What am I feeding? What kind of harvest is my current seed producing?

Action Steps: Search your heart and identify the seeds you have been allowing to remain in your life. Reject every ungodly seed of bitterness, pride, lust, fear, and unbelief. Ask the Holy Spirit to help you discern what is wheat and what is tare in your habits, relationships, and thoughts. Then choose daily to sow prayer, the Word, holiness, and obedience so your harvest will belong to God.

Quote for the Day: “Every seed has a voice, and every harvest tells the truth about what was sown.”— (Simon Olatunji #quotablequotes)

Let Us Pray: Heavenly Father, thank You for sowing good seed into my life through Your Word and Your Spirit. Give me discernment to recognize every foreign seed the enemy has tried to plant in my heart, mind, home, and walk with You. Uproot every tare, strengthen every wheat-bearing grace, and help me to sow in righteousness so that my harvest will glorify You. Make my life a field that brings forth fruit pleasing to You. — in Jesus’ most glorious name. Amen.

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Thank you for threshing the Word with me today. For further study on this topic, please read: Galatians 6:7–9; Matthew 13:36–43; James 3:13–18; Hosea 10:12.

With all my love and prayers,

Simon Wale Olatunji, Ph.D.

Your Darling Bishop (DaBishop)

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