Parable 78 - Parables of Steel by Robert Dean Steel

The young man sat there for a moment after planting a field in his tractor.  He look with a sense of pride over the fine look the field had.  Off to the left at the edge of the field he saw a series of holes and mounds but he took notice of them.  As the produce of the field began to grow the reality of those holes and mounds became apparent.  The little gophers and rodents in these holes began to threaten the crop.  He began to try to destroy these pesky pests.  It seemed that no method he used to could capture or destroy these pesky rodents.  All seem to fail.  He then learn much to his misfortune that the time to deal with the gophers was at the beginning of the season when they are more docile and dormant not in the middle of the season.  The Kingdom of God is about dealing with the trials and problems at the beginning instead of ignoring them until the become a destructive force which can destroy your fruitfulness and productivity.