Episode 59: Stay In The House; If You Have Left, Come Back Home

(Luke 15:11-21) It is a well-known story. A son born into wealth, who had servants and maids at his beck and call, told his father to give him his own portion of inheritance whilst the father was still alive. He went to a far country and wasted his substance on riotous living. When famine struck the country of his sojourn, he joined himself to a “nameless citizen” of the country who sent him to feed swine. The nameless citizen sent him to do what he would never do in his father’s house! Let us relate this story to our relationship with God. We are God’s children and we have been given the right, authority and the power to become His sons. God has planned to make us the partakers of His inheritance as long as we remain in the house. Satan is implied in the story as ‘a nameless citizen’. His desire is to get God’s children to mix with swine and fill their bellies with junk; his goal is to get believers to go down to degradation. At last, this son came to his senses and returned home in answer to the father’s prayer. The Bible records that when the father saw his son from afar, he was filled with love and compassion; he ran to his son, embraced and kissed him. This clearly shows that the father had anticipated his lost son’s return. How exciting to know that Jesus is interceding for us even when we disappoint Him. When we grieve Him by our thoughts and acts, He still intercedes for us. He loves us so much that He would not give up on us. God is willing to accept us the way we are. Stay in the house so you can bask in Father’s presence. If you have left, come back home. God is a compassionate and merciful God. He is waiting for you to enter into the repentance He made available for you in Christ. He has made a way for you to start a fresh life in and with Him. Remember, stay in the house. If you have left, please come back home.