He only wanted the benefits the father could give him. The younger son didn’t care about or want a relationship with his father. Only the father in the story, hoping to one day be reconciled to his son, gave his son what he asked. The younger son treated his father, exactly the same way that Kluziah treated you. He tells the story in first century language of a man with two sons. Jesus wants us to know how much God loves us, regardless of the path we choose to live in trying to be in control of our future which essentially means trying to play God.

Would you give him the inheritance or would you put him out on the street where he rightfully belongs? Here is Kluziah, who has humiliated you both publicly and privately, basically demanding you give him his inheritance so that he can go out and be his own God, in charge of his own life. He keeps putting down you and his older brother all over social media.” “He brags that one day he’s going to have enough money to buy all the prostitutes he wants and he’s going to show the world what a party is. He calls you out of touch, old fashioned, and even a fool.” You’ve had friends asking you,”Have you seen some of the things he’s posted about you on Facebook. You know that he’s been alienated from you for quite some time. What do you do for this son that you love? You know that he’s about to make a big mistake. I want to be in charge of my life, and I don’t want to have to answer to you or to anybody else for that matter.” I’m moving to a distant country because I want to get as far away from this place as possible. Just give me my money now and I’ll be out of here. “ I’ve got plans for my life, and I’m tired of your rules. I don’t want to bother waiting around until you die.” Kluziah comes to you and says, “Look, I have seen what is in your will that you are leaving to me. What if you had a son that was completely honest with you. We think, “If Only I was really in charge.” We want to be able to have certain outcomes in our lives to make us happy. Do you think your life would be better a year from now or would it be worse? Deep down inside, we all want to be in control of our future. You were in complete control without having to be concerned with what God thinks. Suppose for a moment that you could write all the rules for your own life.

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