Repentance

Today’s Bible Verse: Luke 15:17 

“When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, ‘At home even the hired servants have food enough to spare, and here I am dying of hunger!

Words of Devotion

The story of the Prodigal Son describes us all, as children of God. We are all unfaithful children of our awesome Heavenly Father. We all have squandered the abundant inheritance He so graciously has bequeathed to us. And we all—at one time or another—have known what it is to finally “come to ourselves”.

Sin is insanity. It is an unreasoning, illogical, self-destructive way of life. It ignores the plain hand of our heavenly Father, full of every provision we need, and follows after the hallucination of worldly pleasures and fulfillment.

But when we finally come to ourselves, we realize that starving out in the pigpen is not what our Father planned for us. We are the King’s children! No one in His house is hungry or wanting, and yet here we are in the mud pit of sin because we forsook the house of our Father. When we finally come to ourselves, we finally come back to Him.  We forsake the miserable quest for self-gratification and begin to seek the abundant life that is found in God alone. We repent, meaning we turn from our sin and change our direction. We now follow after Christ, turning our back to sin.

Have you come to yourself yet? Have you turned your feet back to your Father? If so, know that there is always a warm welcome for those who come to God by His Son Jesus Christ. 
Change your direction today! Christ will not open the door of your heart, until you open the door and invite Him in.