Ref. DLG B 6 : The Lost Son

'' It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found '' Luke 5:32

In the parable the lost is described as being a prodigal son, this means every sinner lives a life of prodigality . To be prodigal means to be wasteful in expenditure , spending unnecessarily . Most at times people who do not use their life time and resources to honour God are being prodigal . Satan is crafty in making sure that people are wasting their years , on earth and the provision of life God gives them to indulge in all forms of sinful activity .

This lost son was hasty in life , he was the youngest , yet said that he wanted to get his inheritance from the father , while the father was still alive , although inheritance are usually given out when the father pass away .'' And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. '' Luke 5:2 

Most sinners are usually the type who wants to get rich quick , as a result they resort to all forms of evil schemes in order to achieve their desires . The next thing that this lost son did was to go far from the father , '' And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. ''  Luke 15:13 This is one of the causes of people going astray from God the Father ; journeying far from the Father . This means you are  too far from where you can be monitored and controlled  by the word of God , 

There are many lost souls who are  living very far from God's word  ,where God cannot help them . God can only help us when we draw near to him with a sincere heart ready to obey God's  word . And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. '' Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.'' James 5:8 The lost son lost his identity , he forgot who he was , instead he acted ,lived and functioned like an ordinary servant , whereas he was a son of a rich man .

In the process he spent all , lost all and became nobody . ''And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want '' Luke 15:14 When people are lost in sin they loose their glory and their lives become meaningless and devoid of the glory of God  .But at last he came to his senses ,'' I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, ''  Luke 5:18  That is a renewed mind , the mind that sees God , ask for forgiveness , the mind that acknowledges and repents from sin  . It is time for the lost to return to the Father . 

PRAYER 

Lord Jesus help me to be closer to the father , keeping his word and receiving instructions , so that I will never be lost , in the name of Yeshua .