Joseph Prince brings up a great point in today's "Grace Inspirations"!
DON’T SWEAT OVER LOSS OR WASTE
Luke 15:22–23 “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. And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and
let us eat and be merry;"
What would you say if your son,
whom you had given a large inheritance to, came crawling home one day after
wasting all his money on riotous living?
In the parable of the prodigal
son (see Luke 15:11–24), the father did not say one word about loss or waste,
though his son had indeed wasted his inheritance on riotous living. The father
only saw his son’s homecoming as an opportunity to show him how much he loved
him and to restore to him what he had lost.
Like the father in the parable,
it is your heavenly Father’s desire to embrace you and show you how much you
are loved. And it is His good pleasure to restore to you what you have lost.
Perhaps you have lost something
recently, or you are frustrated that something has gone to waste due to a bad
decision you made. My friend, God does not see the finality of the loss or
waste the way you do. When you come to Him with it, He sees it as an
opportunity to restore to you what has been lost or wasted.
Even if, like the prodigal son,
you feel far away from your heavenly Father, or you feel that you have
disappointed Him, don’t despair. The truth is that the moment you come to Him,
He immediately restores to you the robe of honor to clothe your nakedness, the
ring of authority to declare your position of power and dominion, and the
sandals on your feet (which servants do not wear) to reinstate you as a son in
His house.
He reassures you that you had
never lost the position of sonship. And He celebrates your return to Him with
the killing of a fatted calf because you are His beloved child whom He
cherishes.
Beloved, in your Father’s house,
you not only come under His complete protection, but you also enjoy His
inexhaustible provision and unconditional love!
Our God is NOT looking at out faults and failures! He already dealt with them all at the Cross when JESUS took upon HIMSELF the sin and sickness of all mankind! The only thing He did not, and cannot, do is to BELIEVE and RECEIVE FOR us! We must each, individually, make that choice! Then HE is right there to pick us up and place us forever into His very own FAMILY! HALLELUJAH! Here is Hillsong UNITED with a new song called "As You Find Me":
Shalom in Him!
