This past Sunday, I began a new series Coming Home where we are walking through the story of the prodigal sons (Luke 15).  I began with the younger son.  I keep thinking about the younger son’s demand, “Father give me my share of the estate…not long after that…he set off to the distant country.”  It is so sad how he wanted his father as good as dead, and only wanted what he could get from him.  I cannot believe someone would behave that way.  Crazy, huh?

Or is it?  How often that represents our prayer life or our spiritual life.  “God give me, give me, give me!  God, I need, I need, I need!  Please help, please help, please help!”  I am saying it is wrong to depend on God for help, but what happens when all of our prayers are focused on ourselves, and not about being in the presence of God.  Are we any better?  We often just want something from God then being with God in his Word, in prayer, in worship, or in serving someone else.  Are we any different in trying to get something from God while neglected our time with Him!

My devotion this morning asked, “Today, consider the parts of your life that keep you the busiest.  Are they God-centered or self-centered?  The Lord dwells among us wherever we are: at school, on the job, in the neighborhood, and everywhere in between.  Do not relegate Him to Sunday morning worship or weekday gatherings with other believers.  What are the areas of your life need to include Christ?”

Not another sermon, just a thought!