STAY WITH THE SOURCE

“12. ...And he divided unto them his living. 13. And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country...”(Luke 15: 12-13)

When the prodigal son got his portion of his father’s possession, he left his father and went to a far country. He got resources from his father, and walked away from the source of the resources.

The resource he got became his reason to walk away from the source. The resource disconnected him from the source.

Friend, you will be falling into the delusion of the enemy if the resource you have received becomes your reason to walk away from the Source. You will be making a huge mistake if God answers your prayers and you suddenly become prayerless. You will be playing the game of the prodigal son if you are driven by the resources you have received from God, rather than being driven by God Himself who is the Source.

The prodigal son didn’t get into trouble immediately he left the source (his father), but he later ran out of resources and he needed his father again. Walking away from your Source may not always backfire immediately, but that doesn’t make it less tragic; it may not backfire immediately, but it will backfire later.

After many days, the prodigal son came to his senses and realized that the right thing to do was to return to his father. He lost all his resources but remembered that the source could be of help. Don’t wait till the evil day when you have lost your resources before you realize how tragic it is to abandon God your Source.

Don‘t pay too much attention to your resources and thus walk away from the Source. No matter the resources at your disposal, you are vulnerable without your Source. No matter your possession, you are empty handed without God.