In 2020, thousands of Americans living in all fifty states received mysterious, unsolicited packages of seeds from China. Many of the seeds have been identified as flowers
and vegetables, while others are suspect. If an enemy wanted to create problems
in the U.S. environment, what could be more cunning than to slip in invasive, noxious bags of seeds among the good seeds and hope someone plants them?
Someone from Michigan said, “I planted them because I thought
they were the strawberry seeds I ordered. They turned black and green mold, so
I threw them away.” After
a New Mexico woman planted the seeds she said, “Everything that’s in the garden
where I planted them are having a hard time and are starting to die.” Agriculture
officials warned, "Unsolicited seeds could be invasive and
introduce unknown diseases to local plants, harm livestock or threaten our
environment. Do not plant seeds from unknown origins."
Jesus
told a parable about a man who sowed good seed in his field. “But while men
were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares also among the wheat, and
went away. But when the wheat sprang up and bore grain, then the tares became
evident also” (Matt. 13:25-26). When the slaves asked the landowner how the
tares got into the field, the landowner said, “An enemy has done this!”
(13:29).
The
enemy’s goal was to destroy the wheat field. The workers were sleeping, unaware
that the enemy was working under the cover of darkness. It wasn’t until later,
after the crop grew, that it became obvious that an enemy had planted harmful
seeds in the field.
I’m
sure many of recipients of the mystery seeds from China believed it was a free
gift from a kindhearted soul, unaware that the sender was hoping to get the
noxious seeds planted in American soil. Beware when someone sends you with a gift
that you hadn’t requested. You might find out later the present isn’t in your
best interest.
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