In life we find ourselves working or associating with people whom many a time we prefer not to be near. And, we wonder where in the world do these behaviors come from that these people are portraying. No matter how bad people are we have been planted around them for a purpose. And, if God moves us or moves them; because we are knitted together, someone will be negatively affected. We are where we are with a purpose and because God loves everyone and cares for all, he has allowed us to grow next to them. A spiritual truth is that we can grow in any circumstance and in any place; the downside is that it can take place in unwanted places. It is only for a period of time; Growing pains. Teens go through a time in their lives where they get growing pains and the only way that these pains go away is through time.
Matthew 13:36
36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Jesus was finishing three parables to the multitude. The parables were without interpretation to the multitude, but when the disciples asked Jesus about the sayings he explained them to them. One particular parable the disciples were interested in was the one about the wheat and the tares. They were interested in this parable because of the idea of the two distinct plants having to grow together, similar to us having to deal with others. It seems that the disciples remembered when Jesus spoke about loving your enemies (Mt. 5:43-48) that they picked this parable. It was a trend of having to deal with growing pains for man. Again, Jesus tells his disciples that eventually pain would go away and that there is a reward awaiting (Lk6:35). Now, a seed either grows or dies. When a seed is planted it first has to die before it can grow (Jh12:24).
Peter tells us that growth comes through the milk of the word of God (1Pt.2:2). In order to deal with our growing pains we must grow via the nourishment of the word. Growth goes along with the word and the more we speak of the word the more we grow (Ep4:15). But, when we cease speaking of God growth stops and it is like when we age that our bodies stop growing and begin to age and get old (Ps32:3). How can we tell if a person is growing in God? Growth is noted by the speaking of God. Growing pains come because growth is forcing it way through, and in God you will have to experience those pains; you will have to let those tares in your life where your pains are from.