BARN OR BURN?

“The ungodly are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.” (Ps. 1:4 NKJV)

In contrast to the firmly planted tree of the godly (cf. Ps. 1:3), the ungodly have no sure footings or roots. They are likened to the chaff or light husks and waste products of grain. Chaff is susceptible to being blown about easily by the wind. Let us not be children, tossed about with every wind of doctrine (Eph. 4:14), but rather speak the truth in love (Eph. 4:15). The church’s collective growth comes in edifying (building up) one another in the body of Christ (Eph. 4:16).

Speaking of chaff, the winnowing fan is in the hand of the Lord. He will thoroughly purge His threshing floor. The wheat (godly) will go into the barn. The chaff (ungodly) will be burned with unquenchable fire (Mt. 3:12). What will it be? Into the barn or burned? The choice is ours. Let us grow like wheat and produce the fruit the Lord is seeking so we can be with Him forever (cf. Mt. 13:24-30, 36-43)!

Trent Thrasher