DON’T ASK FOR A KID

“. . . and yet you never gave me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:”

LUKE 15:29 (KJV)

The inspiration for today’s article is from the story of the prodigal son who asked for all that pertained to him. Quite surprising is it that his father didn’t hesitate in granting him his request. Our Lord Jesus gave that parable as a picturesque of the heavenly father and the church as the event in the parable couldn’t have happened during the time of the law least the prodigal son would have been stoned to death for his sinful lifestyle.

The focus of this article is on the elder brother who got annoyed over the celebration of his brother’s return. He blamed his father for not giving him a kid to celebrate with his friend. I submit to you that the fault was not with the father, it was with the elder son who didn’t ask a thing of his father all the years he had been with him.

James said we have not because we do not ask, and this leads to envy amidst brethren. The younger brother understood grace well enough to ask for all and yet still had some on returning. The elder brother wouldn’t ask a thing of the father: expecting the father to use his discretion in giving him, more so as a reward for his service.

God’s blessings to us are not a reward for our service in his kingdom. The reward for our service is a different reality all together. Blessings are the riches of our father, and they are for the taking whenever we want for we’ve been blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.

The father’s reply further proves the elder son’s negligence: “Son, you are ever with me, and all that I have is yours.” He should have known better to ask whatever he wanted and being sure that the father will give him as he gave to his younger brother.

We have established that his fault was in not praying, should he have asked a thing of his father he probably might have asked for a kid. Do not ask for a kid, all the father has is yours.