Today in my daily reading I ran across this where the father of the "prodigal son" is talking to his elder son who had been well-behaved and never left home. He never realized he had pet status and instead was jealous of the party being thrown for his newly returned rebellious li'l brother.
"But he answered and said to his father, 'Look ! For so many years I have been serving you and I have never neglected a command of yours; and yet you have never given me a young goat, so that I might celebrate with my friends; but when this son of yours came, who has devoured your wealth with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.' And he said to him, 'Son, you have always been with me, and all that is mine is yours.' " (Luke 15:29-31)
Have you been a pet and all along had the rights and privileges available to you as a son of the Almighty and just not taken advantage of them either because you didn't research for yourself to learn them or because you've just forgotten all that's available to you? Don't let only the new believers with the great and exciting new testimony get all the good stuff from their God. Crawl up in His lap and ask! Its been there all along for you and still is!
Just a note, as I continued my Daily reading, the very next passage for the day was of Jacob taking Esau's blessing. Seems to be a theme for today. Don't be out DOING so much that you miss the blessing you get by BEING within the reach of Gods immediate presence.
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