For the past few weeks I have been meditating on the parable of the Prodigal Son. For those that are unfamiliar with the story, it's about a son who asks his father for his inheritance now - then moves to a city, squanders the money away, ends up working on a pig farm and starving.... then after all of that decides that it's best to go home and work as a servant for his Dad because the servants at his own home are treated better than he's currently being treated.
If this were to be told today, the story would be about a person who moved out on their own, got a really good job, was living a comfortable life and decided that church or the fellowship of believers weren't important to their spiritual well being because they're "comfortable."
Instead of feeding pigs, they might be involved with drinking too much, sexual immorality, or any other number of things that we do that we are ashamed to talk about with those that are closest to us.
The fascinating part of the story to me is that the son recognizes that his Dad will always take him back. That is the nature of God. The thing that I wrestled with is - why does it take us so long to see this?
Regardless of where we are or what we have done, God is waiting with open arms for us to repent!
Take action today and ask yourself how far you are from home, and whether or not you need to return to a pure relationship with God. He's waiting!
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