Surgical Grace

One brother demands his inheritance early. Leaves home, embarrasses the family,  wastes his fortune, and ends up a worthless slave. He crawls home in shame, hoping his Father will let him work to earn a place in the household.  The other brother stays home, works in the fields, manages the staff, and does everything he thinks will earn his Father’s favour. Which of the two brothers understand the Father’s heart? Neither of them, actually… but there is a lesson for us in the way they were both wrong in the exact same way. Our distorted view of God lies in the actions of both brothers, and it can only be exposed and healed by the surgical work of God’s grace.