Saturday, April 2: Scripture – Luke 15:25-30
25 “Now his elder son was in the field; and when he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.
26 He called one of the slaves and asked what was going on.
27 He replied, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has got him back safe and sound.’
28 Then he became angry and refused to go in. His father came out and began to plead with him.
29 But he answered his father, ‘Listen! For all these years I have been working like a slave for you, and I have never disobeyed your command; yet you have never given me even a young goat so that I might celebrate with my friends.
30 But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fatted calf for him!’
Prayer Focus: The elder son hears the party going on and asks one of the slaves the cause of this music and dancing. When he learns that his brother is home and his father had killed the fatted calf, he became angry and refused to go in. I wonder how long he had been angry, for I suspect this was not the first time. The anger bubbles over at his father, who has one again come out into the street to embrace a lost son. Watch the father in this text for today more than you try to justify the reaction of the eldest son. Pray that you might be like the father.
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