Choose to be found

Time for a refresher... read the story of the 'prodigal son' in Luke 15:11-32. The father in the story would do anything to have his son back with him, but he doesn't send a search party to kidnap him back. No, the choice has to be the son's. God doesn't force his agenda on us, as if we're his prisoners of war or helpless subjects of a dictatorship; he empowers us to make our own choice. The son realised living in a pigpen was no life at all. He came to his own realisation.

The son should never have been in the pigpen in the first place. His choices landed him there. Dad seemed too boring, home seemed like a bunch of rules, all work and no play. Surely, he thought, there's a better life on the outside, far away from dad's estate. That's what had driven our prodigal 1,000 kilometres from being able to borrow dad's car or celebrating in style on his birthday.

What about us? We too were born for a palace, not a pigpen. Have we realised our favoured position yet? Have we realised that abundant life is not elsewhere, but with choosing Jesus?



So what now? Does it feel like you're lost, 1,000 kilometres from where you should be right now? The reality is you're just a prayer away from God's outstretched arms, and he is waiting and watching for you. Why don't you turn to page 61 of this booklet and pray the prayer right now? Choose to be found.





— SCRIPTURE —

'I will arise and go to my father.' Luke 15:18 NKJV
— SOULFOOD —

1 Cor 7-9, Mark 15:1-11, Ps 52, Pro 24:32-34