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Introduction:
We have all experienced the confusion of looking up and realizing that we don’t know where we are.
Maybe while we are driving, we’ve gone to “auto-pilot” and don’t recognize our surroundings.
Maybe we followed someone and lost track of where they went.
Maybe we were trying to follow directions but somehow we ended up not where we were supposed to be.
Last summer we left Grand Rapids and were coming home over the UP of Michigan.
I set my direction on my phone to do that since it wasn’t the fastest route.
We stopped for gas, and without realizing it, the app changed my directions.
After driving for 1.5hrs in the wrong direction, I looked up to see the ferry across Lake Michigan…that’s when I knew I had messed up.
I specifically was avoiding the ferry, yet followed what I thought would take me to where I wanted to go and it let me down.
In the Lost Sons story that Jesus tells in , Jesus teaches us a 2nd lesson about finding OUR way home.
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We want our own house.
We may have chosen to leave God’s house.
Many of us have heard our parents say or have said ourselves, “this is my house, and you will do what you are told!”
Although this phrase is often spoken out of frustration it does communicate something that we internally understand.
That if you are going to live with someone in authority, then you should follow their rules.
Since we all live in God’s world, then we ought to follow his rules.
Luke 15:
The younger son, commonly known as the Prodigal, asks the father to “die” prematurely.
The younger son wants to take his inheritance as far away as possible.
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The younger son wants to use the father’s wealth but lose the authority of the relationship.
We may have chosen to despise God’s house.
The older brother begrudgingly stays and waits for the father to die.
The older brother greedily obeyed as an investment in his future.
The older brother wants the father’s wealth & authority to rule.
Conclusion:
We all want to run our own lives how we see fit.
We believe that we should have full rights to what we have and do what we want.
We ultimately are saying that we will live as though God is dead.
We need to realize that we belong with God.
The younger brother “came to his senses”
He was far away from home
He had nothing left to offer
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He had realized his error and was going back humbly.
2. The older brother would not go in.
Luke 15:
He was on the property
He thought all his goodness was enough to offer
He would not change his proud mind.
We must see OUR own need of God, and not be blinded by others’ need of God.
We have to recognize our own need for God.
We can look around and see how other people need God.
But it is often hard for us to admit that we need God.
If we our to find our way home, then we must personally evaluate our surroundings to determine where we are.
We have to see things for what they truly are.
We have to recognize our own need for God.
We can look around and see how other people need God.
But it is often hard for us to admit that we need God.
If we our to find our way home, then we must personally evaluate our surroundings to determine where we are.
We have to see things for what they truly are.
We have to admit that we like to draw our own lines for right and wrong.
We have to understand that why we have our problems with relationships is from our foolish choices.
We have to “come to our senses” when we see that we are lost and confused.
If we are not honest with ourselves, we will continue to look for a sense of “home” everywhere but with God.
We cannot fall into the trap the older brother did by comparing ourselves to others and making ourselves look “righteous”.
We have all been lost; But none of us are a lost cause.
But none of us are a lost cause.
Luke 15:22
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