I am just a PRODIGAL
living in a place that is not my home
as it is a place I don't belong~
"For this world is not our permanent home; we are looking forward to a home yet to come" (Hebrews 13:14)
I am just a PRODIGAL~
"Yielding Abundantly"*
to
another world
because
"For we [believers will be called to account and] must
all appear before the judgment seat of CHRIST,
so that each one may be repaid for what has been done in the body,
whether good or bad [that is, each will be held responsible for
his actions, purposes, goals, motives—
the use or misuse of his time, opportunities and abilities]"
(2 Corinthians 5:10 AMP)
because I am a PRODIGAL who does not fit into this world.
I appear to be
rebellious
close minded
uncompromising
when actually
I am just a PRODIGAL
according to Merriam-Webster*~
"Joyously Unrestrained and Enthusiastic"
"Exuberant"
"Extreme or Excessive"
because
IN CHRIST
how can I not be
an outcast to this world~
"Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow ME. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it,
but whoever loses their life for ME and for the gospel will save it.
What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?
Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?
If anyone is ashamed of ME and MY words
in this adulterous and sinful generation,
the SON of MAN will be ashamed of them
when HE comes in HIS FATHER'S glory with the holy angels” (Mark 8:34-38)
Oh the LIFE OF A PRODIGAL~
"Yielding Abundantly"
to the ONE who leaves the 99 to find the 1~
"And if it turns out that he finds it, I assure you and most solemnly say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that did not get lost.
So it is not the will of your FATHER who is in heaven that one of these little ones be lost"(Matthew 18:13-14)
Journey with us through
this New Daily Devotional series
THE LIFE OF A PRODIGAL~HOMEWARD BOUND
beginning MAY 10
because this is not
"WHERE I BELONG" (listen to the song below)
コメント