The Kitchen Table Devotions
“The Prodigal”
Day 1
And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. 12 And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ Luke 15:11-12
Life has a way of whittling our prospects down to two choices. In this particular story, there are two sons but three people. There’s the father who offers a third choice in this life. But when our eyes become so fixed on ourselves there seem to be only two options: religion or rebellion. On the road of life there’s the ditch of legalism and on the other side is the ditch of lawlessness. In the middle of the path is a relationship and love. There’s a third person and a third choice and that is the lover who becomes the real prodigal here lavishly giving all he has to everyone he loves. And that’s where we begin this story.
From the Kitchen Table 