Prodigal Son - Mark Edwards

Have you ever looked at the world and thought, something’s not right? Leaders abuse power, systems crush the vulnerable, and injustice runs rampant. These cracks in society aren’t new. In Ezekiel’s day, the leaders were corrupt, the priests ignored truth, the prophets lied, and the people were selfish. God surveyed the scene and said: “I looked for someone… to stand in the gap… but I found no one.” (Ezekiel 22:30) What a chilling statement. God longed for someone to pray, to act, to hold the line—but found no one willing. History shows us people who did stand in the gap: William Wilberforce fought slavery for decades. Dietrich Bonhoeffer resisted Nazi evil at great cost. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke for justice when silence was safer. Each looked at broken walls and said, not on my watch. But ultimately, there was a gap no human could fill—the one between a holy God and sinful humanity. Into that gap stepped Jesus. On the cross, He became our Mediator, reconciling us to God once and for all (1 Timothy 2:5–6). Now the invitation comes to us. The gaps in our world are real—spiritual, relational, cultural. And God is still looking. To pray for those who can’t pray for themselves. To stand beside the broken and the lonely. To point people to Jesus, the only true bridge. You don’t need to be perfect or have all the answers. You just need to be willing. The question is: when God looks at you, will He find someone ready to stand in the gap?