Luke 15:11-13 (NLT) 11 To illustrate the point further, Jesus told them this story: “A man had two sons. 12 The younger son told his father, ‘I want my share of your estate now before you die.’ So his father agreed to divide his wealth between his sons. 13 “A few days later this younger son packed all his belongings and moved to a distant land, and there he wasted all his money in wild living.
In the story above, the young man receives an inheritance from his father and he leaves with it soon after.
He takes his inheritance and does whatever he wants with it. Until it’s gone. There was nothing left.
He finds himself in a very bad situation and realized he did a dumb thing. He repents and wants to return home, remembering it was much better when he was home with his father. He wanted to make things right.
Some would say “It’s too late. You made your bed, now you have to lay in it. Oh well!”.
Thank God He is merciful and loving, and gives us chances to make things right. Amen.
Luke 15:22-24 (NKJV) 22 “But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. 23 And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry; 24 for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to be merry.
His father welcomed him back with open arms and celebrated his return. This doesn’t mean that we should just go and do whatever we want and think that there will be no consequences. There will always be some kind of consequences from our mistakes and poor choices. But it doesn’t mean that we can’t go back to where we left off, where things were right, and try to fix it.
Have we acted like the prodigal son? Have we taken the blessings of God, His inheritance to us, and spent it on wild living, knowing that what we were doing was not right?
It’s not too late for us to go back and make it right. He will welcome us with open arms. God wants to be with us. He wants us to acknowledge where we went wrong, and then repent and come home.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
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