Prodigal Son Pt. 3- The Running Father
October 21, 2010 3 Comments
“And he ran and embraced his son, and kissed him” Luke 15:20
Here we see the Father of the prodigal son running down the road to find his estranged son. When this story was told by Jesus to first century hearers they would have been shocked by this statement; a patriarch (or respectable father of a community) does not gird himself, pulling up his garments, and run. But this is what the father did when he left his place of honor to go to his shameful son. The father became worthless to bestow honor on his son that was deserving of little just as Jesus became poor to make those who are poor very rich.
Does the God you call Jesus leave His lofty place of honor and run to you in your weakness? Does He run full speed to show mercy when your heart is seemingly filled with lust, anger, greed, and hate? Is He willing to crucify His reputation to give dignity to you? Or does the one you pray to mostly stand back while you are struggling, being mostly apathetic? Or is He mostly angry at you when you are too weak to say “no” to temptations? This is not the God of the bible- The God of the bible runs undignified to give value to the broken prodigals and wayward children who aren’t deserving. Lift up your eyes, He is running to you now.
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Mr. Wallin:
Are you also an artist and did you create this image? Recently, during a time of great grief and agony, the Lord used this image to touch my heart with the Father’s compassionate love. For the first time, as a born-again believer in Jesus, I began to know the love of God as a compassionate Father and not just a Deity far away, sitting on a throne. Is this image subject to copyright laws and if so, what does that mean, how does it work, or more specifically, if the image is subject to copyright laws, how does one go about getting a copy and what is the cost for doing so?
Thank you.
Luci Tvedt
“The God of the bible runs undignified to give value to the broken prodigals and wayward children who aren’t deserving. Lift up your eyes, He is running to you now.”
Yes, this is true indeed! We don’t have to change ourselves before God would come to us. He is waiting, despite of who we are, to turn back and realize that nothing could EVER satisfy our hearts, except our Father, who is running towards us and who loves us with an unfailing love.
The story of return of the prodigal son is always heart warming. Our heavenly father and ‘his running hot love’. God has set his eyes long looking for each one of us… where are we today.. please come back tohis fold…. shibu,india