Furthermore, the bible says that he came to himself – this is a very important moment in the life of every person, without which there will be no turning point, and his whole essence prompted him to return to his father.
Before that, he lived dissolutely, even though he had money to burn. While he had money, power and everything that is needed in life all people revolved around him. He thought they were his friends as soon as he ran out of money. They no longer need him – a friend in need is friend indeed.
As it turned out, they didn't need him, they needed money, that's all. Therefore, they pretended that they were his friends, and in fact, they pulled everything they could have from him. No money, no shelter, nothing to eat, he went to graze the pigs to nourish his belly. While the owner was engaged in other matters, the prodigal son at this time quietly began to eat pork feed.
I also remembered my childhood. One day my parents gave me an assignment to feed the pigs. Then the country was in an economically deplorable state, and we lived barely day by day. Then we kept the pigs, and fed them on black bread, along with other things. In the presence of my parents, I threw a loaf of bread into a bucket of water, and when they moved away from me, I took out this loaf, a part of which that had not soaked in water. Having cut off, with a knife, the dry part of the crust, while no one was looking, I ate it up secretly.
When I first read the story of the prodigal son, it seemed that this story was written about me, and for me.
Finally, it dawned on the prodigal son that food is much more important and more valuable than friendship. In addition, he learned the truth that a man without God can sink to the level of a pig's life. Then he came to his senses: what am I doing here nothing begging for food. After all, I have a rich father, who has everything to make happy life. Well, I will go to him and ask him to forgive me and my behavior! After that, he returned to his father, the father did not scold him, but threw a banquet, and even called the guests, and said: my son was dead but now found!
Such a banquet awaits everyone who will repent of their sins before God, as the prodigal son did. After that, the level of his pig life changed to the royal level.
King Saul had a son named Jonathan. He loved David, he even made an alliance with him that he would be faithful to him to the end. And Jonathan had a son Mephibosheth, he was crippled because of his childhood injury. One day a nanny was carrying him in her arms and dropped him.
As a result, he got injured two legs. Once upon a time David in
2 Kingdom 9: 5-13
And David said, Is there any one still left from the house of Saul? I would show him mercy for Jonathan's sake.
In Saul's house there was a slave named Ziba; And they called him to David, and the king said to him, Are you Ziba? And he said: I, thy servant.
And the king called Ziba, the servant of Saul, and said to him: Everything that belonged to Saul and to all his house, I give to the son of your master.
This is the mercy of God and grace, Mephibosheth, who considered a dead dog, by the mercy of David, he began to eat from one king's table until the end of his life.
Each parable contains a valuable lesson from which to draw valuable lesson.
In this story you need to find yourself, and then this story will have meaning in life. In the parable, the prodigal son, he did everything to free himself from the dependence of his father, so he begged his father for part of the property, and went to squander them. When there was money, there were friends, no money, no friends. Friends abandoned him because they no longer need him, but what did his father do? Every day he goes out to expect to see his son return because he knew that sooner or later he would definitely return home. Take a closer look at this prodigal son. Don’t you see yourself in him with his antics? In the person of the prodigal son, God shows us, describing the details of our behavior. The prodigal son is like us that having been separated from God, who chose our own path, and wanted to live according to our own laws, relying on our own righteousness, thereby justifying ourselves that we were not involved in sin. Waiting for the father with longsuffering is the heart of our loving God. Sooner or later, you will understand this truth. No one can help you but God.
I, too, was once the prodigal son, who wandered through life alone, relying on himself, and not noticing the Creator God. Lost, but found. After He made me a different person, I decided to fully devote my life to Him. Nobody could change my life except Jesus. For more than 20 years I have served Him firmly, and in this I find my calling. He is worthy of praise and glory!
Many years later, since I accepted Christ, and my life changed, I began to attach special importance to the soul – to cherish it, to keep it carefully clean. Jesus said: what's the point if we gain the world and hurt our souls. Jesus also said: Do not be afraid of the one who can kill our body, but fear the One who can kill not only the body but also the soul. Just think about the deep meaning of Jesus' words! If the mind is in place, then you will immediately understand what it is about, if your mind is far from this, alas.
Nothing is impossible with God!
God has miraculously changed me, my habits, and interests in my life.
how much I was stained with indelible sin, that a little bit of a swear word comes out of my mouth. I didn’t even suspect that in this way I sin and defile my body. For more than 25 years I have forgotten what a swear word is. Although I, too, was a terrible swearing man, God's rod corrected me. I used to love to tell jokes, and make people laugh, but all my jokes are associated with swear words. But one day it happened that now I never swear. On the contrary, I make a remark to people when they swear. As a minister of the church, I told one man joke with swear word. After that, my tongue began to pinch and hurt, so it was unbearably painful and unpleasant for me. To whom and wherever I did not turn for help, but no one could help me. Even the ointments that were prescribed at the pharmacy did not help. I began to worry about what if it doesn't pass before Sunday, what about the translation. My wife read a sermon, and I translated her sermon. From unbearable pain, I went into my secret room, where I loved to spend time in prayer. Usually, before starting to pray, I read the Bible. On that day, before prayer, I accidentally discovered a place of writing, where it is very similar and logically written about our tongue. How to hit the mark! Only a fool will not be able to understand what is written there, but if a person is of sound mind, he will undoubtedly understand it. James chap 3 After reading this verse, I got goose bumps all over my body that I have had to repent for my dirty lips with tears. Then God touched me so hard that my heart was filled with peace, the flame of love flared up. Then, I again became convinced that the Bible was written not just by people, but God's living word. Yes, there is no doubt about what was written by people, but the thoughts were moved by God. Sometimes people say why you make us read the Bible, because it is written by people.
If the Bible were not written by people, but by the Spirit of God, no one on this planet would make it out.
God will never allow His children to dishonor Him with their unworthy behavior. Therefore, interfering in our life, He changes us into images pleasing to Him, sometimes uses a rod so that we do not dishonor Him. Whom God loves, He punishes. He does this not to kill and hurt, but to teach us a lesson, so that we glorify Him with our pure lips. Honor and glory to Him – He deserves it! After this incident, my pains and pinching disappeared. To confirm this, God gave me a word: 1 Peter 4: 1. He who suffers from the flesh ceases to sin. I definitely recommend reading this verse in its entirety. We are human beings, we do not want to admit that we are sinners; we always seek justification by relying on our righteousness. If we do not recognize it as it is, we will never taste the goodness of God. In fact, we are by nature, all sinners, we ourselves cannot change our lives, and get rid of our bad habits, if God does not intervene in our lives, nothing will happen. With any desire and effort, you will not be able to get rid of bad habits and unwholesome things that are of no use to you. On the contrary, they can only harm and make them look older. I feel sorry for people who do not value their health and ruin their lives. He looks old, when asked, he turns out to be young. Take care of your health when you have it, when you lose it, it will be too late to return. Appreciate now what you have and or else will be late!