Last Week at Orange, Reggie Joiner spoke about the Prodigal Son in a way that I never thought of. Well he broke it down into two parts, are you going to be the Loving Father or the Older Brother. See when the prodigal son came back after living through so much and knew that there was no where else to turn but home. Even though I think he felt like no one would ever love him again but he was wrong. His father came running up to him and hugged him and threw a party. Everyone was there at the party accept his older brother. His brother was mad and honestly probably hated the prodigal son. The older brother was jealous! Just think though what if the older brother would have seen the prodigal son first and not the father…..what would have happen. Well as a follower of God we need to think about our own actions. Are you like the Loving Father and being preoccupied with the lost or are you like the older brother and preoccupied with yourself. Are you throwing parties or throwing fits. Are you leaving the lights on or closing the door and shutting off the lights.
I want to strive to be the Loving Father. I want to be more worried about the Lost and Who God calls us to be. We are the church of Jesus Christ the Son of the Living God. I want to make sure that my focus is on what God is calling me to do and not what culture says the church should do. My resource in how God wants me to be is Him with the great book…..the “BIBLE, yes that is the book for me, I stand alone on the word of God…..the BIBLE!”
Wow, I never really thought deeply about that song….but that is powerful. We should stand alone on the word of God. He has taught us so much on how He wants us to be and it is all in the Bible. To quote Louie Giglio from Orange “I want people to be excited about opening the Bible, just like they are when they open an amazon package!”
