‘My son, you are here
with me always;
everything I have is
yours.
But now we must
celebrate and rejoice,
because your brother was
dead and has come to life again;
he was lost and has been
found.’”
Are you an elder
brother? Are you so caught up with works of piety that you forget to stop
and receive the Father’s love? Most of us fall into this as some point or
another, which is why It is so necessary on a daily basis to stop “doing” and
be still in prayer. When we sit before the Lord in prayer His deep
and abiding love gently reveals our vain motivations for doing even good things
as He purifies these motivations in His love. When we know His love we
will not be caught up in counting the trespasses of others, like the
elder brother in this parable. The resentment he stirs up by
comparing himself against the trespasses of his brother is false because his
father’s love was always at hand. Whether our sin is outward and obvious
or inward and not so obvious, we are all becoming new creations in Christ if we
receive what He is freely pouring out upon us even at this moment.
Father, Quiet my busy
mind and open my heart to receive all that you have to give me, purify my
motives and give me true joy for all the blessings you pour out on all of your
children, particularly the prodigals who have come back home.
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