Last night’s live broadcast was so powerful, I am truly moved by the messages I received from those who watched live and the replay.
Last night’s message focused on the prodigal son from Luke 15:11-23.
Before I started teaching, the Lord laid it on my heart to encourage the hearts of the people watching live and for those who will watch the replay. I felt a weight and burden for those who felt like they were breaking down, but the Lord gave me the word during the opening prayer, and that was “you’re not breaking down, you’re breaking through”.
In Luke 15:11-23, we read about two brothers, and the younger brother said to his father in verse 12, ” Father, give the portion of goods that falleth to me”. He was asking for his inheritance. An inheritance is only made available when the testator is dead, so in other words, he was telling his father, ‘I wish you were dead,’ which was a level of dishonour in the eyes of his community.
As we read on, we see the decline in his inheritance, identity, and dignity from verses 13-16. Here are a few principles I took from this parable of Jesus to His disciples about the prodigal son.
- When inheritance precedes process, it will always get wasted. It is in the process that maintenance is taught- vs 13- the prodigal son went into a far country and wasted his substance with “riotous” living- riotous in the Greek is “asotos”, which means to live ruinously. His ruinous life brought waste to his inheritance.
2. He lost his identity and became a slave to someone else’s environment – vs 14-15.
3. The prodigal son’s identity was tied to his inheritance- I am not just talking about the physical aspect of the inheritance. He carried a spiritual inheritance, and as long as he remained close to his father, there was a divine protection around him that kept him in the blessing. The minute he left that boundary, he became susceptible to the enemy’s blueprint for his life.
4. He went to a far country- the bible does not specify where he travelled to, but he was far away from home, which led to his ruinous lifestyle.
5. He lost his dignity, forgot his identity and joined himself to a native of that country and was sent to feed the wine- in the Jewish culture, that was the lowest form of employment. It was considered degrading to be near pigs. According to Jewish customs, it is unlawful for a man to eat or even touch a pig (Leviticus 11:7).
6. He came to himself- he had gotten to such a low place- the lack and suffering brought him to a place of conviction and resolve- vs 15-16.
7. What you do with the revelation of your perception is what determines your deliverance and breakthrough.
8. The young son arose in vs 20- he came to a place of decision making- your deliverance starts with your decision. In other words, you are one decision away from your deliverance.
9. His father saw him from a far off, had compassion and ran to him- I explained in the live broadcast last night that for a Jewish man to lift his tunic and show his feet and run, he actually degraded himself based on the status he had to go and get his son. In verse 20, this is two fold- it is a picture of what Jesus was getting ready to do on the cross. This son’s decision to humble himself and return, stirred up the father’s love for him. Because of the dishonour, he was actually guilty and was to be stoned by the community. So, his father’s running to him sent a direct message to the community that all was forgiven.
10. In verse 22, we see three-dimensional restoration to the son. The father commanded the servants to bring the best robe, which represents his mantle and glory- his honour was being restored. Secondly, the father put a ring on his finger, his authority was being restored, and finally he told the servants to put shoes on his feet, this was the restoration of his freedom and his deliverance from being a slave and rebecoming a son again. This is what it looks like when God restores us from sin.
The message of this blog and the live broadcast is simply to come home to the Father. God is waiting for you to come home and be restored back to your rightful place. This message was two-fold, whilst I was speaking to those in the world, this message was also for those who thought they hadn’t left home, they are still having an identity issue and have drifted far away from the position God has them. God is saying, “Come Back Home”. Come into alignment with what He has for you.
Something I just sensed that I didn’t mention last night, the elder brother also had an identity issue. He failed to realise the position he held in his father’s house, so he got jealous of the younger brother’s celebration in verses 25-32.
I want to encourage you if you don’t know Jesus as your Lord and Saviour, come to Him now. Your three-dimensional restoration awaits you.
Prayer: Father, in the name of Jesus, I invite You into my heart as my Lord and Saviour. Father, I pray just like the prodigal son, when he came to himself, Lord, I recognise the mess I have been in. Lord, deliver me from the “pig-stye” lifestyle. Lord, restore the identity you have for me in me and take away the identity the enemy has projected onto me through sin. Lord, I thank You for the restoration. I thank You, Lord, for redeeming the time lost as a result of rebellion and disobedience. Heavenly Father, I ask You to please wash me in Your love, peace and joy. Father, just like You did for the prodigal son, Lord, restore my authority, my mantle and my destiny in You in Jesus’ Name I pray, Amen.
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