Day 1562 Feb 13 2025

Day 1562 February 13 – Prodigals

One of our main purposes of our nightly call is to help birth the “Great Awakening”. A big part of this awakening is for prodigals to come home! We all know of someone who has them…probably some on this call.

PRODIGAL: A wayward son who squanders his inheritance but returns home to find that his father forgives him. “Prodigal” means being wastefully extravagant. In this story the man’s son recklessly and wastefully spends his inheritance. In the context of this famous parable, the prodigal son has also come to mean someone who is a sinner—who is spiritually lost—and someone who has returned to family and faith after an absence (Luke 15:11-32).

The story of the prodigal son is a picture of God’s love for us as His children. God’s love for us does not depend on our faithfulness; it is unconditional. He loved us while we were still sinners. Though we are demanding and do not remain faithful, God is still our faithful and loving Father.

MODERN DAY PRODIGAL SON: Wes Woodell said he found himself alone on his couch one day, consumed by his personal hell — and considering suicide. That’s when he felt an unexplained yearning to open the Bible he had kept closed. “God, if you’re real, I want you to speak to me,” he cried out. There are many stories such as this one. Even as you read this some are going through a dilemma such as described.

NOTE: Prodigal children, grandchildren, nephews and nieces are not the only prodigals today. We see marriages being torn apart from infidelity and divorce. This very area is just as important.

FROM: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/waiting-on-the-prodigal-spouse-or-child-you-love/#:~:text=Parable%20of%20the%20Prodigal%20Spouse&text=God%20told%20Hosea%20to%20marry,he%20had%20rescued%20her%20from.

PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SPOUSE: The prodigal son isn’t the only story of a prodigal in Scripture. The prophet Hosea’s whole life was a parable of God’s love for the unfaithful people of Israel. God told Hosea to marry a prostitute. Hosea took her away from the men who had used her, gave her a home, and had children by her. Yet she didn’t stay with him. Instead she ran away to her old life, the life he had rescued her from. God wouldn’t let Hosea let his wife go. He directed Hosea to go and buy her back. Only think of how painful it must have been for a husband whose wife has run away from his loving provision to have to purchase her from another man. But Hosea did it because God has done that for us. Though she had not loved him, he loved her. Through Hosea’s story, God sent a powerful message to his people. Though they had served other gods and run away from his love, he wasn’t through with them.

He loved them and would redeem them so they could return into the safety of his love: “I will heal their apostasy; I will love them freely, for my anger has turned from them” (Hosea 14:4) If you’ve been forsaken by your spouse or your spouse has forsaken God, you know something of the pain Hosea experienced. And you know something of the pain God experiences each time one of his children forsakes his steadfast love for some fleeting pleasure the world can offer. He isn’t just looking for good behavior; he’s looking for intimacy.

SATAN THE MULTITASKER: When Satan goes after our family, he also goes after us. He loves to kill two birds with one stone. When your child or spouse is caught up in unbelief or sin, it’s tempting to make that person the center of your faith. Your spiritual walk can become not about your salvation, but a desperate campaign to save the prodigal you love. And as time goes on, if you don’t see an answer to your prayers for your prodigal, you may be tempted to doubt. Conversely, you may be tempted to harden your heart as did the elder brother in Lue 15. Even as you pray for your prodigal to repent, you may compare your own life path and feeling pretty pleased with yourself. I would never do what he has done, you may think, even though you wouldn’t say it out loud.

Beware of self-righteousness. It’s just as destructive to the soul as promiscuity or doubt, and far more deceptive. When Satan attacks someone you love, he attacks your faith at the same time, either by doubt or by pride. You don’t have to fall victim to his scheme. By God’s grace, waiting on a prodigal can actually strengthen your faith. One woman whose husband forsook Christ midway through their marriage told me the sad events that had enabled her to reach a turning point in her faith. She realized even her husband’s crisis of faith was something God could use for her good. God wanted her faith to grow in spite of her husband’s loss of faith. She couldn’t just tread water while she waited for him to return. She grew and flourished, becoming even more reliant on God after her husband was no longer with her spiritually.

The best thing you can do for the prodigal in your life is to grow in your own faith. He or she needs you to be a prayer warrior, and warriors need nourishment. If you pursue God with all your heart, soul, and strength awaiting your prodigal’s return, one of Satan’s favorite strategies will be thwarted. The Bible calls Satan “the accuser.” If you’ve been abandoned by your spouse, the accuser will attack your self-worth. He may tell you that you weren’t pretty or smart enough. He’ll remind you of all the ways you didn’t measure up. You must fight this attack by finding your worth in your identity as a redeemed child of God. You were so precious to God that Jesus died for you. He didn’t do this because you were pretty or smart or had your act together; he did it because he wanted you to be his.

The pain over the broken relationship with the prodigal in your life will give you a glimpse into the sorrow God feels when we run from him. The lengths to which you would go to restore your prodigal reflect the perseverance of the Good Shepherd who searches for his sheep. By watching and waiting for your prodigal’s return, you’re living a parable of God’s undeserved love. But while your grief is a powerful picture of God’s grief over the lost, your love—as strong as it may be—only dimly reflects his.

Our love is too often laced with pride and selfishness. Perhaps you’re furious at your prodigal for destroying your reputation. Maybe there are times when you want him to suffer for what he’s done to you. If you respond sinfully to your prodigal, let that sin send you running to your Father. Even as you embrace the calling of spouse or parent to a prodigal, we must remember that in relation to God, we’re all prodigal sons and daughters. He’s just as willing to forgive you for imperfectly loving your prodigal as the father was to forgive his son for squandering his inheritance. Nothing better illustrates God’s grace than his love for prodigals. They don’t work their way back into his favor. He doesn’t wait for them to clean up before he lets them into his presence; he washes their feet and gives them clean clothes to wear.

If you love a prodigal, you’re a living embodiment of God’s love for the lost. The prodigal may have done everything possible to destroy your trust and goodwill, but you love him anyway. You don’t love him because he deserves it, but because he’s yours. And that’s how God loves you. May we diligently pray for all prodigals to return to grace, love, and salvation through Jesus Christ!.

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