No One Was Giving Anything to Him
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No One Was Giving Anything to Him
We all need food and will soon begin dying from a lack of food. In the weakness of the dying process, we become unable to move, then quite foggy about what is going on around us, and then unable to partake of food, until we finally die. It can be a very long process. In the beginning of starvation, one realizes the need for food and will try to obtain it. People can become quite willing to eat most anything — even if it is gross.
The same happens spiritually. God’s word in the Bible is the healthy, spiritual food we need to make us strong in faith, hope, and love. When we don’t partake of God’s word, we are starving our soul and spirit. We might sort of realize we’re lacking spiritual health, and in our spiritual weakness try to partake of gross and false religious teachings of all sorts. But, none of those false religions can make us strong in the spiritual truths of our Creator and Redeemer, Christ Jesus.
If we continue trying to live spiritually with what is falsehood, we will become spiritually weaker as time passes — and will eventually die spiritually — for all eternity.
We need to come to our senses and get God’s word in the Bible to feed our spirits and make us strong in faith, hope, and love. The parable Jesus told of the prodigal son ( in Luke 15:11-32 ) pictures the spiritual starvation of a beloved son. The following excerpt tells of the son’s starvation process. ( Luke 15:14-19 )
Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began to be in need. And he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he was longing to fill his stomach with the pods that the swine were eating, and no one was giving anything to him.
But when he came to his senses, he said, ‘ How many of my father’s hired men have more than enough bread, but I am dying here with hunger! I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight; I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me as one of your hired men.”‘
Those spiritually living far away from God Almighty can have an inner realization that they are spiritually starving. They can also realize that the religious pretenses they are dwelling with are not giving them what is decent, healthy, and good. The philosophies, cults, and false religions of this world cannot make us live spiritually unto eternal life.
The son in this parable had been foolish and selfish in leaving his father. But, the most important point Jesus makes is that “he came to his senses“. He had the common sense to realize that “no one was giving anything to him“ and that spelled death. Then, he had the common sense to go back home and ask for forgiveness. It was richly and joyously given to him immediately.
Would that we all had the common sense to go to our heavenly Father for the forgiveness we need — so that He may have the joy of preparing a luscious banquet for us — and we may live eternally through His word.
In the joy of being so beloved, we say, “Hallelujah! Abba, Father, thank You for always looking out for us and for graciously taking us back.”
Love,
Margaret
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Praise is becoming to the upright.
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They are ever praising Thee.
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Not that I have already obtained it, or have already become perfect, but I press on in order that
I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.
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