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05
Aug 2008
11:03 PM WST
   

prodigal employee

The prodigal son had a plan. I'll say to him, Father, I've sinned against God, I've sinned before you; I don't deserve to be called your son. Take me on as a hired hand.' But the Father met him while he was still "way off". See the plan to become a hired hand, a worker, an employee is understandable when you've blown it. When you're a failure. When you're a broken wreck. A sinner. What more could you expect? Surely a worker in the house of God is better than a sinner in the kingdom of darkness. But it's way off. Waaaaay off. This is the plan I've been working to. So was Martha. Striving, working, driving, accomplishing, performing, achieving, obeying. And all the while, God has been working to defeat me. He has been meeting me "way off" to defeat my plan. His plan is that I become His son. The prodigal was a failure. A no hoper. Never achieved anything in his life. Worthless. And yet the Father made him worthy. A son once more. A son embraced, a son kissed, a son robed and shod, a son celebrated. No strings attached. Unmerited. Unearned. Here I am trying to do all the right things, trying to somehow make His death on the cross worthwhile, trying to achieve something for God with my life, all the while operating like an employee, doing all the right things like the older brother, yet never receiving the love of the Father. And all the while, the Holy spirit..."joins with our spirits to say we are God's children..." Father, defeat my miserable plan. Meet me "way off". Make me your son.
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