We’re not seeing things clearly.
Sin = selfishness. And selfishness is just not trusting God that He wants to give you good things.
We HAVE to remember that HIS ways are higher than our ways, HIS thoughts higher than our thoughts. Prayer--at it’s core--must be the desire to tap into that!! NOT just to get what we want all the time, but to really tap into HIS THOUGHTS AND DESIRES AND PERSPECTIVES.
Prayer causes us to lay down pride.
God will always rejoice when you come back.
It takes humility to come back, but not courage. You’re not going to get punished, you’re going to get celebrated. This is why there should be no fear in confession. Telling each other what we’re struggling with, where we’re vulnerable. It should be FREEING, not fearful.
We’re often the jealous brother.
See, we don’t always have the GUTS to be the prodigal. We don’t often have the GUTS to do what we WANT to do...what we WISH we could do. Run off into the sunset and live out our wildest fantasies, because we KNOW what it would do to our families at home.
But we still wish. we. could.
Not having the guts to do it, doesn’t make you more righteous, it just makes you a coward.
We ALL have a sin problem. Even the ones still on dad’s farm...still in the church.
The brother missed the point.
His brother was HOME. His brother was lost, and now is found.