The prodigal son was a legitimate son.

As born again Christians, we are legitimate children of our Father God.

The prodigal asked for his inheritance and went off and squandered it.

Sometimes it feels as though we are alone and running our destinies and inheritance into the ground.

The prodigal lived wildly and sinned and grew fearful of his father’s rejection.

We sin despite our best efforts and sometimes live wildly and live under a cloud of rejection of our own making.

The prodigal came to the end of himself, where he was starving and more afraid of living without his father’s help than of the possibility of his father rejecting him and treating him as a servant.

The prodigal tried to please his father upon returning home by heaping shame upon himself and offering his service.

We come to the end of ourselves and slink back to God and try to atone for our shortcomings by heaping condemnation upon ourself or by offering vows and service to God.

The father only wanted relationship and ran with joy to meet his son. He celebrated his son’s return and didn’t care about any of the rest.

Our father God wants relationship with us to the point of killing HIS OTHER KID so that He could meet us and save us and have relationship with us. It’s not that He doesn’t care about our sin. It’s that He’s already provided for it. Our groveling and begging and promising accomplish nothing. The lamb has already been slain.

God welcomes us into His presence and reminds us that our squandered inheritance really doesn’t matter because EVERYTHING HE OWNS IS ALREADY OURS AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN.
And all He really wants is a relationship with us.

God teach us to accept your free gift of grace and unconditonal love.

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