Lost! The Parables of Luke 15Sample

We love rags to riches stories. But to this point, the story of the prodigal son is a riches to rags one. He had everything in his father's house, but he squandered it all in immoral living. 

So often, we assume that the grass is greener on the other side. Very often it's not. Godliness with contentment in what God does for us is great gain. 

If godliness with contentment is great gain, then the opposite is also true. Ungodliness with discontent is great loss. We would do well to count our blessings. 

Trying to run away from Father God never works. We don't have to ask the prodigal son; Jonah is another classic example. He tried to run in the opposite direction of God's calling upon his life, and God used a whale to reorient him the way he should have been. 

'Heavenly Father, forbid that we should ever run from You. May we run to You for reconciliation and the peace that transcends understanding. In Christ's name, amen.'

Have you ever tried running away from the ever-present God? Do you want to be close to God?