Yesterday, we humbled ourselves before God in prayer, asking for forgiveness for our shortcomings and His guidance to bring us back home. But where is home? In the kingdom of God, home is not a place but a person. It is not a location, it is the Father’s presence. Therefore today we will focus on returning to the Father.

Throughout the Bible, God has repeatedly said that He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love (Psalm 103:8). If we come back to Him, He cannot help but to relent from His wrath, because He takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked (Ezekiel 33:11). Jesus emphasizes this by telling us the story of the prodigal son in Luke 15:11-32. 

This is the story of a son who is fed up with life in his father’s house and demands his share of the inheritance (while his father is still alive!). After obtaining it, he leaves to a foreign land where he squanders his riches in reckless living until he hits rock bottom. He becomes so poor that He ends up working in a pig farm and desiring to eat the same food as the pigs he is tending to, but no one will even let him have that. he then decides to head back to his father’s house, thinking to himself ‘I will go back to my Father and repent. I am not worthy to be his son anymore, but I can be employed as one of his servants; at least they are well fed’. Little did he know that his father had been waiting for him. The father received him back without asking anything. He didn’t ask for the money back, the report on how he lost all the money, nor did he punish him for wasting the money. Instead, look at what he did:

“But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.” – Luke 15: 22-24

So, what are you waiting for? There is no formula or complicated scheme to return to the Father. Even if you feel like you have hit rock bottom, there is still hope. Leave the desolate place in which you are and head back home. Your Father is eagerly waiting for you, not to judge you, but to save you. He is just one prayer away…

Prayer points for today

• Thank God for His abounding love and mercy to receive us back home.
• Repent from all your sins and mistakes.
• Ask the Lord for forgiveness to wash your sins with the blood of Jesus.
• Make a commitment to live in His home, following His rules, obeying His commandments.