Taken from Pastor Greg Laurie and Luke 15:11-32
Some people have hands-on fathers, while others have fathers who are somewhat distant, disinterested and not really engaged in their lives. Sadly, some have dads who have abandoned them altogether. And some have fathers who have died. But there is one thing that we all have in common, regardless of what kind of father we have had on earth: We have a Father in heaven. And regardless of how our fathers on earth have treated us, for better or for worse, we have a Father in heaven who has always been there and always will be.
One of the greatest stories in the Bible is one that Jesus told to show us what God the Father is like: The story is about a father who had two sons, and one day the younger son said to his father, loosely paraphrased, “Dad, I’m sick of your rules and regulations. I’m tired of waiting around for you to die. I want my portion of the inheritance that is coming to me. Divide your estate up and give it to me.” Amazingly the father did what his son requested and gave him his portion of the inheritance. That boy went to a far country and wasted all his money on sinful living: on booze, on girls and on pleasure. He probably had a lot of friends. Then he ran out of money. And before he knew it, he was all alone. He took a job feeding a man’s pigs, which was not a kosher thing for a Jewish boy to be doing. And one day he was so hungry that he was thinking about eating the food the pigs were eating.
He basically said, “This is crazy. I’m going home. I’ll say, ‘Dad, I’m no longer worthy to be called your son. Just take me on as a hired hand. I will work any job you have.’ It will be better than this.” As he was making his way home, while he still was a long way off, his father saw him. He ran to his son, threw his arms around him, kissed him, and said, “Welcome home, son. This is my son who was dead and is alive again. He who is lost is found.” They had a big party to celebrate his return.
On this Father’s Day, it’s a time to celebrate the fathers in our lives. We wouldn’t be here without them. And the best thing to do is, like the Prodigal Son, come home to Daddy.
“The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him.” (Proverbs 20:7)
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