The Run!

Every Saturday morning, I would be anxious to get up and watch cartoons. Like clock work, I was up at 7am, ready to watch one of my favorite cartoons "Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote." It always amazed me how coyote could never catch the road runner. Hackneyed in his plans, coyote always kept chasing after the road runner. It was almost as if road runner had some unseen protection!

Before my walk with God, I felt like I was being chased by the coyote, I mean it was like I couldn't catch a break. Every single time a situation arose, I would run faster and faster. At one point I thought I was a track star jumping hurdles. Yet, at the same time, I was being protected from what was chasing after me. Tired of running over senseless things, I began to cry out to God. Now I knew God, but I didn't KNOW him in a personal/intimate way. This would be my act of FAITH.

The prodigal son, is a story of a young man who wanted to take his inheritance early and use it, he wanted to explore life. It was in that exploration of life that things did not go quite as planned as he thought. Let's just say he did not budget well and I am sure he had a few friends that mooched off of him. In many ways our lives are parallel to that of the prodigal son. Sometimes our choices causes things to chase after us, and then there are times where God will allow the chase, so that we will focus back on the eternal life and not the temporary life. The prodigal son, used all of his inheritance up and found himself in a low spot. A spot that was not comfortable for anyone, not even the attendants of the pigs. Broken, disgusted and yet,longing to be reunited with his father, he decided that if he was going to work as an hired servant, he could at least go and ask his father to hire him as one of his servants. (Humility)

There are times in our lives, when we hit our low spot and the only thing we can do is cry out to Abba Father, "God", help us! The prodigal son, made a conscientious decision that he was tired. Although he mentally made the decision first, it would also become an act of faith to go back home to his father.

Towards the end of the story, the father, saw his son from a distance, not asking any questions or yelling at him to leave his property, the father runs towards the son. When they finally meet, the father hugs/embraces and kiss his son. What a way to come home, in the arms of your father.

Are you tired of running? If so, God is longing to reconnect with you, he has never left you, yet he has protected you. He is ready to celebrate your coming home! He is waiting to hug you and tell you welcome home! There is a robe and a crown waiting just for you! God loves you!

Additional Scripture Reference: Psalms 51; Luke 15:11-32; Romans 10:9-10