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Recognize God As the Father

You choose what son you are

27/09/2017

By: Apostle Valdemiro Santiago

No one is the owner of anything. God is the owner of everything. Salomon kept conquering to a point where he realized he was close to the edge of saying he was working hard in order to leave everything with other people. God has two kinds of sons and we fit into one of them. In Luke 15.11, Jesus told the parable of the lost son. See that one of those sons is the motivated one to seek God when he faces any needs and that`s not wrong. As soon as that son got his part of the father`s wealth, he spent just a little more time with his father and left home. Maybe he thought he didn`t depend on his father anymore because he had what he wanted from the life. It`s evident we can conquer everything in life and even so we depend on God. A good thing is to conquer before God. Everything you conquer before God is multiplied, but if you get away from Him, you become vulnerable. The son who received his part went to a distant land. The necessity shows up because we got away from God. Everything we need comes from God. Biblically speaking, the human being is fulfilled just before God. Eventually, we will get to know that some people committed suicide because they were not fulfilled in God.

God made us for us to fit in Him in order to have our life fulfilled. No one has a fulfilled life even having money, success, friendship, fame, the conquest of the world; just God fulfills men.

You decide which son you would like to be. If you are the one who wants your part of the heritage or the other one who focus on the Father`s fellowship. If you want a blessing, He will provide you with and will let you go, but if you are the one who wants His fellowship, it will be all of His belongings and He will provide you with more and more. Never wish to get away from the Father`s presence. The father of the parable is God and we are the sons. When the son was away from the father and faced misery condition, he felt like eating the pig`s ration, but he couldn`t. It was necessary to happen to him what it is necessary to happen to every human being: to face the truth. God is so wonderful that even those, who are His laborers, already have an abundant life before being sons. Of course, abundance is not necessarily food, we don`t live just to eat. The best of the land means having a good quality of life. A great step is to recognize God as the Father and talk to Him. That son had more than that, but he was ungrateful because he didn`t recognize what God provided him. Even if we receive what we want, we will lose if we are away from the presence of the Father. God is very good. This son decided to come back and God`s reaction was merciful. A regular father would have punished that son, but God wants us to be close to Him together. When he saw his son, instead of punishing him, he ran towards him to hug him, to kiss him. God Father suffers because of us. The more we fit in God`s testament, the more we are regarded as His sons, the more God will suffer because of us and will act on behalf of us. God is jealous of us. So, those who spoil us have to be very careful because it`s dangerous. That good sensation of a happy day that we feel is God hugging us. All of us have already received a blessing, a comfort condition, a day we feel we are loved by others. The Father has already hugged all of us. Today, you receive as well. Just those who don`t want to turn towards Him don`t receive. The lost son was hugged, kissed, and the Father ordered to provide you with the best. God wants you to have the best of everything. He wants to provide you with prosperity. When a son gets away from the father, he loses care, attention, the Father`s look and will suffer. The lost son got to a condition, which he was even running out of food; he was living in a worse situation than those pigs. It`s possible to happen the same to others who get away from the presence of the Father. Never quit the presence of the Father, you can have the part that belongs to you without quitting the Father`s presence. He could have asked for his part, the part of his heritage, and he would have received without quitting the Father. If that son had gotten the part that belonged to him and had stayed with his father, his father would have helped him manage his wealth. The blessing must not be more important than the one who blesses. Make an alliance with the one who blesses and the blessing will come towards us. A fat calf is raised confined, it walks a little, it is healthy, and it must be sacrificed in special occasions. The Father was amazed at his son`s return. He tells you that even if you are alone, unnoticed by others, even by your family members, He sees you and will provide you with the best things and conditions. God will make you shine. They started to celebrate and the eldest son heard the music and the noise, so he wanted to know what it was going on there. Soon, a gossiper told him it was because of the return of his brother as well as about the fat calf. That`s the way the gossip works, it tells more than what it was asked just to see the confusion. The lost son`s brother got upset at the party, therefore, never be surprised if your brother gets upset at your growth, at your party given by God. It`s biblical that your brother in Cristo gets upset at your growth, at your victory. In some moments, we get upset and the Father conciliates and reconciles, all the time concerned about us even if He doesn`t need us. Although he never noticed, the elder son was much more privileged than the other one because who returns towards God has all privileges, and it`s not necessary to ask for anything. Everything that belongs to the Father belongs to the son as well. If anyone decides to come back, God welcomes with open arms, but anyone remains, becomes the owner of everything He possesses. Chose which son you would like to be and be wise and prudent; be close to God or come back to His presence as soon as possible.