Don’t you just love the story of the prodigal son? The father divided his wealth between his two sons. The younger took his, moved away, and wasted it. He finally got so desperate that he worked for a farmer feeding pigs. Pigs are unclean animals for Jews, but this guy got so hungry he wanted to eat the pods he was feeding the pigs.
But, by God’s grace, he came to his senses. Wasn't that his problem all along? He lacked sense. He finally realized that he could ask his father’s forgiveness and ask him to take him as a hired servant.
His father must have spent some time looking for him to come home, because he saw his son when he was still afar off. I love the words Jesus used to describe how the father felt: “filled with love and compassion.” And what the father did: he embraced him and kissed him, he treated him like the son he was instead of like a servant, and he gave him the finest robe in the house. He called for a celebration, saying, “For this son of mine was dead and has now returned to life. He was lost, but now he is found.”
You know that is how God looks at us – with love and compassion. He is ready and eager to forgive us and bring us back to life, if we will turn to him and repent of our sins. He will give us new life and treat us as his son. Praise God!
Tomorrow, we’ll read Luke 16 – 17:10.
Until next time…
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