Pastor Leo Colon's Blog

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  • Kep Your Focus on Your Purpose

    Kep Your Focus on Your Purpose

     

    Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God our Father and Jesus Christ. Welcome to my blog! I hope the thoughts you find here will encourage you and inspire you to diligently seek God’s Kingdom. Today, I want to continue reflecting on our foundational verse for this year, 2025. I desire to seek God’s Kingdom first and His righteousness so that all these things will be added to me. This week, let’s look again at Matthew 13 for more insight. 

    Matt. 13:27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? KJV

    I believe that any comment received without perspective leads to ruin. Often, people who are not owners of your purpose, who have no skin in the game, so to speak, will often have the wrong perspective about your purpose and context. Be careful whom you allow to define your progress. Be careful whom you allow to influence your perspective. The way you frame a thing depends greatly on whose purpose you are living by, and what word you establish your purpose on.

    This verse shows how people who have nothing invested in your purpose will question the value of your seed based on the weeds they now see. In verse 24, which is as much scripture as verse 27 is, it is clear that the man who sowed seed in his field sowed “good seed.” But people who are servants, not co-laborers, not invested in your seed, not part owners of your field, somehow have the audacity to question the value of your seed.

    Your seed is what God says it is. Your value is what God says it is. Because some “servant” does not recognize that you can have good seed, does not mean you should question your seed. They are focused on your enemies’ result and not your purpose. In verse 26, the scriptures said that blades began to sprout and brought forth fruit. So the intention of the seed is working, but servants will only focus on the intention of your enemies.

    Keep your focus on your purpose. Your seed is still good. God is not deterred by the actions of your enemy, and neither should you be. Keep moving forward. Keep expecting a harvest. Keep believing what God said to you, in spite of the evidence of tares. Tares do not define you; they define what your enemy wants for you. Hang in there. Believe God for your purpose and keep moving forward.

    Again, I would like to invite you to subscribe to the blog. I will be posting regularly, with an entry every Tuesday. You can subscribe at the bottom of this page.

    Remember to invite someone to church with you this Sunday. I look forward to seeing you there. Seek God’s Kingdom first.

    Yours Because I am His,

    Leo Colon, D.Min., M.Div.,

    In His Presence Family Worship Center

    http://www.ihpfwc.org

     

     

  • The Kingdom of Heaven is Like

    The Kingdom of Heaven is Like

    Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God our Father and Jesus Christ. Welcome to my blog! I hope the thoughts you find here will encourage you and inspire you to diligently seek God’s Kingdom. Today, I want to continue reflecting on our foundational verse for this year, 2025. I desire to seek God’s Kingdom first and His righteousness so that all these things will be added to me. I strive for a life that reflects God’s intention for me. I am learning that this is achieved by shifting my mindset from personal thinking to a Kingdom mindset. This means I must transition from my current mindset toward a Kingdom mindset.

    King James Version:

    Matt. 13:24 ¶ Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:

    There are always subtleties in scripture, and this verse is no different. Jesus takes the time to teach his disciples and the larger public what the Kingdom of God/Heaven is like. In this teaching, similar to much of Jesus’s pedagogy, he uses contexts familiar to the wider audience. In an agrarian society, Jesus discusses the farmer who sows his seed in his field. Naturally, many themes can be emphasized while developing your homily on this pericope.

    The Kingdom of Heaven is likened to a man engaged in sowing. Sowing involves taking action now to seek a return later. The kingdom is about investing in your future. Being kingdom-minded means thinking ahead. You should not be overly concerned about Friday; instead, we should plan for a year from now or even five years ahead. Do you have a plan? Kingdom-minded individuals should act based on a plan. Often, you plant or sow in March and expect a harvest around October, depending on what you plant. Are you truly kingdom-minded if your focus is consistently on the present and only concerned about today? Being a good steward often entails planning for a five-, ten-, or even twenty-year horizon. Do you have a plan?

    The Kingdom of Heaven is likened to a man who sows “good” seed. Are you deliberate about your seed? Have you examined your seed? Have you deceived yourself into thinking that because it is your seed, it is good seed? Your seed might be the business you want to bring to life. Have you written a business plan? Your seed needs a plan. Is your seed a viable one? Just because you like your seed does not mean it is a good seed. You and your friends may like your seed, but that does not make it commercially viable. Examine your seed. Define good outside of your emotional attachment to it.

    Last point: the Kingdom of Heaven is likened to a man who sows good seed in “his field.” Do you own your field? The Kingdom is all about owning the field you are planting in. As a mentor to many young people, I constantly challenge their ideas of success. A young person told me yesterday that he wants to be a basketball player. I asked him why, and he gave me a perfectly acceptable answer: he wants to make the kind of money these players are making. I had him then. I said, you know, all of those players you admire are paid. Someone pays them. Why not think about becoming a basketball team owner instead of a player? If they are making two to three million dollars playing, and the owner is paying them, imagine what the owner makes! Plus, the owner has maybe ten or eleven players on that team to whom he pays a lot of money to play. Our problem is that we are not exposed to those who own the field. We elevate celebrities who work on the field. God is calling us to own our field.

    I aspire to have a Kingdom mindset.

    Again, I would like to invite you to subscribe to the blog. I will be posting regularly, with an entry every Tuesday. You can subscribe at the bottom of this page.

    Remember to invite someone to church with you this Sunday. I look forward to seeing you there. Seek God’s Kingdom first!

    Yours Because I am His,

    Leo Colon, D.Min., M.Div.,

    In His Presence Family Worship Center

    http://www.ihpfwc.org