The prodigal son rehearsed a speech on his way home. He had thought it through carefully. Every word measured. Every expectation managed downward. By the time he reached the edge of his father's property, he had already decided what he deserved and what he would ask for. "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants." — Luke 15:18-19 (NKJV) He planned to return as a servant. He had written himself out of the family. And in doing so, he revealed something that gets to the heart of one of the greatest struggles in the Christian life. He had lost his sense of who he was. What the Enemy Is Always After Before we follow the son home, we need to understand what was really happening in that far country. Yes, he wasted his inheritance. Yes, he made catastrophic choices. Yes, he ended up feeding pigs and envying their food. These are real consequences of real decisions. But beneath al...
Shining a light on someone by lighting their pathway home. By Joseph Kimanzi