The Prodigal Life – Part 2

The Prodigal Life – Part 2
Luke 15:11-24(KJV)
11And he said, A certain man had two sons:
12And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.
13And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
14And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
15And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
16And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
17And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
The next 6 steps of 7 away from the safety of the Father’s House were SELFISHNESS, SEPERATION, SENSUALITY, SPIRITUAL DESTITUTION, SELF ABSEMENT and STARVATION. He gathered it all together and took off to distant lands to do his own thing and live the way he wanted.
Being self-willed and selfishness go hand in hand because you begin to live by the, if it feels good do it way of life. He, being irresponsible, took what someone who was a responsible person, and had worked for what they had, and squandered it on “riotous living”. Perhaps we would say he spent all he had on wine, women and song so to speak. However he found out that there was an end to party time, big tips, living the fast and loose life. With no one to help him in a time of famine in a strange land he had to attach himself to a stranger and feed the swine because he had used up all of his money.
Being in want is sometimes what brings us around to doing what is right to do because one begins to think about what they have done and what they are doing. When you hit rock bottom there is no other way but up. The prodigal here began to think about what he had in the father’s house because reality had set in.
When you see a person living in such a way pray for their eyes to be opened so they can see clearly and begin to make some right decisions.
Next we will see the steps back to the Father’s House.
Blessings on Ya!
Pastor Kitner