In this case, daddy gave into his son’s scheme and gave him the money ahead of the inheritance, which was money not earned.
This guy wanted to go his own way, serving his own selfish desires by taking what power his father’s wealth was going to afford him when inherited, to use it now. The passage in Luke 15, verses 11 through 32 is well known as the story of the Prodigal Son. We have been given the path to success in every area of our lives, yet the demon of self interest keeps its grip on our souls and makes us feel good when we appear to win over others. The fact that the Master was sent to earth to bring success to us while we crucified Him for His efforts, is proof that when given our own ways of power, politics and self interest, we fail. Humanity, loaded with self-serving emotion and self promotion, behaves contrary to God’s instruction and to the example so clearly lived and explained by Yeshua himself. Over this series we have seen an interesting thread that is rarely noticed unless we identify the commonality. Today, we’re on the subject of family and interesting behavior in brothers, one we criticize for being very selfish while empathizing with the one disgusted with his father and brother.ĭeveloping a series of lessons from Luke was not intentional, but the flow from story to story is so remarkable that it happened regardless. Instead, she sat back, picked up a magazine and said, “If there’s anything you want to know, just ask me.” Then, she asked the psychologist what she did for a living.Īfter explaining, the psychologist fully expected the older woman to question her for professional advice. The elderly woman sitting next to her explained that she was returning to Miami after having spent two weeks visiting her six children, 18 grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren in Boston. An Educational Psychologist was on a flight to Florida and was happy to have the time to prepare notes for one of the parent-education seminars she was leading.
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