Luke 15:11-24AMP)
11 And He said, There was a certain man who had two sons;
12 And
the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the part of the
property that falls [to me]. And he divided the estate between them.
13 And
not many days after that, the younger son gathered up all that he had
and journeyed into a distant country, and there he wasted his fortune in
reckless and loose [from restraint] living.
14 And when he had spent all he had, a mighty famine came upon that country, and he began to fall behind and be in want.
15 So he went and forced (glued) himself upon one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed hogs.
16 And he would gladly have fed on and filled his belly with the carob pods that the hogs were eating, but [they could not satisfy his hunger and] nobody gave him anything [better].
17 Then
when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father
have enough food, and [even food] to spare, but I am perishing (dying)
here of hunger!
18 I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight.
19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; [just] make me like one of your hired servants.
20 So he got up and came to his [own] father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was moved with pity and tenderness [for him]; and he ran and embraced him and kissed him [fervently].
21 And
the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your
sight; I am no longer worthy to be called your son [I no longer deserve
to be recognized as a son of yours]!
22 But
the father said to his bond servants, Bring quickly the best robe (the
festive robe of honor) and put it on him; and give him a ring for his
hand and sandals for his feet.
23 And bring out that [wheat-]fattened calf and kill it; and let us revel and feast and be happy and make merry,
24 Because this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found! And they began to revel and feast and make merry.
Now, in this case, God is the Father, that is there to kiss you when
you return home. Where is your home? Heaven. This is a heaven on earth.
To know Jesus. When you read this phase, you might think that how did
the Father knows if the son is coming back that day? Well, I can only
come to one answer, he must have waited everyday outside the house,
hoping for the child to come back home.
God knows when you will be saved, however,
He still wait outside the
door everyday for YOU. He is excited to see you like the father in the
story who sees his own son coming back home. I read from some books that they stated, men in Israel that time DON'T RUN! So when He saw you coming, from a great distance, HE RAN TO GET YOU! Amazing love, amazing Grace. God loves you. Amen.
