Do you believe God will give wonderful gifts to you? Do you believe God celebrates you? Do you believe he celebrates every sinner who returns to him? Do you believe he cares enough about you to provide all you need? Are you willing to trust him?
Far too often, we like to rely on ourselves. We fail to ask for help. We strike out on our own, relying on our own strength and our own resources. We fail to remember that everything belongs to God. Therefore, we fool ourselves into thinking we are on our own.
God is willing to give to us extravagantly. No, that doesn’t mean he will make us wealthy. After all, many of us could not handle wealth. However, God will provide for all our needs, especially the ministries we are working in for him. The parable we often call The Prodigal Son should be called The Prodigal Father.
Why? Prodigal means: recklessly extravagant, giving profusely, very generous, or lavishly abundant. Doesn’t that sound like an appropriate description of the father in this parable? Sure it does. His son has squandered his inheritance. Yet, when he returns empty handed, the father welcomes him in and gives to him abundantly.
God will do the same for us. And lest we are concerned about the other son, if we remain with the father as he did, we already have it all. That was the point the father was making to the oldest son.
I pray we all trust that God will bless us abundantly. I pray we see God as our Prodigal Father. I pray each one of us will humble ourselves before God and accept his lavish gifts. God blesses abundantly. God loves extravagantly. Trust God. Humble yourself before God. Accept his lavish gifts.
Luke 15:22-24 “But the father said to his slaves, ‘Quickly, bring out a robe—the best one—and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. And get the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate, for this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found!’ And they began to celebrate.”
Marty Pressey 