Rachel Workman: 17 “When
he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, ‘At home even the hired
servants have food enough to spare, and here I am dying of hunger! 18 I
will go home to my father and say, “Father, I have sinned against both heaven
and you, 19 and I am no longer worthy of being called your son.
Please take me on as a hired servant.”’
I think more often than not this
is what it takes for some to come to Christ. It's when we run out of options
and can do nothing else that we look towards Christ. And you know, He takes us
anyway. Right there just as we are.
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John Burnett: 13 And not many days later,
the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a
distant country, and there he squandered his estate with loose living. 14 Now
when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country and he
began to be impoverished. 15 So he went and [a]hired himself out to one of the
citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.16 And
he would have gladly filled his stomach with the [b]pods that the swine were eating, and
no one was giving anything to him. 17 But
when he came to [c]his senses, he said, ‘How many of my
father’s hired men have more than enough bread, but I am dying here with
hunger! 18 I will get up and go to my father, and
will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and [d]in your sight; 19 I
am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me as one of your hired men.”’
Sometimes it takes hitting
the bottom in order to see the need for our Father. This story shows were
a sinful lifestyle will lead you and just like the son here needed his father
to save him from starving to death. We need our Heavenly Father to save
us from ourselves and our sin.
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Mike Grimm: 17 “When he came to his
senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare,
and here I am starving to death! 18 I will set out
and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven
and against you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be
called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’
The younger son, like many who are
rebellious and immature, wanted to be free to live as he pleased, and he had to
hit rock bottom before he came to his senses. It often takes great sorrow and
tragedy to cause people to look to the only One who can help them. Are we
trying to live life our own way, selfishly pushing aside any
responsibility or commitment that gets in our way? We must stop and look
before we hit bottom, saving our self, and our family, much grief.
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Monday’s reading for Luke 15:20-21
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