If everyday I’ll weed my garden, I can catch the weeds when they are small and when they can easily be removed. If I let them grow, and the earth is hard around them, it may take a shovel and a lot of effort to remove them. A little bit of effort on a regular basis pays off in the long run. A way to apply that to our spiritual life would be to make sure we are saturating the garden of our heart with the water of the Word. If it needs a little fertilizer, do a word study in that certain area, so you are armed and ready with the Word of God to overcome the weed that is trying to take over your garden. We can pull up the weeds that are obstacles in our life by using our faith muscles and see them be removed. We can stay alert and awake, and remove the weed before it goes to seed, because the result from weed seed is only multiplied problems. Consider the dandelion!!! You know what happens with them. One dandelion creates 100’s! Daily maintenance in our spiritual life keeps us living weed free! If we notice attitudes or actions in our life that aren’t in line with our new life in Christ, we need to dig up those weeds. To produce the great fruit that God wants in our life, we need to be the kind of gardener who watches over the field, and makes sure it gets what it needs to be productive, and chases away or uproots anything that is detrimental to the crop’s health. Be encouraged to be a diligent gardener! You can live weed free!