Quotes From Luke 15

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Luke 15: Beyond the prodigal son

"And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine"

The above verse in Luke chapter 15 is from the very popular story of the prodigal son. Interestingly though, in the above passage, the father was talking to the elder brother who never went away. More often than not, emphasis is mostly laid on the experience of the prodigal son who went away - his fall from grace to grass and subsequent 'triumphant' return home and rightly so.

However, the moral lesson from the life of the elder brother usually seems under-told. Hence, I will be focusing on the life of the elder brother who stayed, was obedient and faithful in his duties. Two things stood out for me about the elder brother, …show more content…

So how did I now he was envious? Verse 28 of the chapter says "And he was angry and would not go in...” Let's look at it this way - your only brother and sibling demanded for and got the share of your father's possession.

As things stood the rest surely belongs to you and you work your socks off to ensure that things go on as well as they should, obeying your father knowing that one day everything remaining will be yours. Then one day, the prodigal brother who has collected his share of inheritance comes back home and is already enjoying out of your share of inheritance. He couldn't believe the fortune of his younger brother.

He has probably been admiring the fatted cow that was killed for his brother, imagining the occasion the father would order them to kill it for him. He was discombobulated (permit me: means confused), he couldn't understand the kind of love his father had for his younger brother. The father understanding how the older son felt, came out to meet him. He reached out because he knows the hearts of his sons. …show more content…

He felt the younger brother had come to deprive him of his share of the father’s inheritance. The second thing he was ignorant of was the fact that he had access to the things of the father and that he need not wait for any special ceremony to make merry and be happy with his friends.

The third thing he was ignorant of or assumed was the fact that he had to work tirelessly and obedient to the latter to gain the love of his father. He failed to see that the father has equal love for the both of them. And the cautioned him saying "...son, thou art ever with me, all that I have is thine" The first part of the father's statement was to dispel his ignorant notion and to make him understand his love for him.

Thou are ever with me, the same way my mind never wandered off your gone brother is the same way my mind never wanders off you. The second part shed light on his access to everything - the fatted cow, the servants, the house and everything the father owned.

Having learnt all these, what should be your take-away?
Never forget our Father is Jehovah El-Shaddai; the all sufficient one. He's sufficient to cater for all of his children. Think of him as the multi-breasted one that feeds all of us

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