Your Children Shall Come Back

-November 2, 2024-

Good morning beloved, happy Saturday,

“There is hope in your future, says the Lord, that your children shall come back to their own border.”

(Jeremiah 31:17).

God is the God of hope. God can do miracles and bring the prodigals home—to Himself, to their families, to their church families. God never gives up on anyone.

The promise of this verse was in the future, when after the 70 year Babylonian captivity, a remnant of the Jews returned to their homeland. This verse has a double fulfillment, for God will bring back the Jews to the land of Israel during the Tribulation.

This verse certainly brings hope to Christian parents who are praying for their wayward adult children who need to be saved. As long as they are still alive, God can bring them back.

Jesus told the parable of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15:11-32. It tells of a son in search of excitement and fulfillment, in this sinful world, asking his father for his inheritance early. He left and travelled down a dark sinful road to the far country. After spending all his money on sinful things, he ended up feeding pigs on a pig farm. He hit rock bottom. Penniless, discouraged, and hungry, he made the decision to go home to his father.

Like Naomi, he went out full but came home empty. He planned to humble himself and tell his father that he had sinned against him and heaven, and was not worthy to be called his son, and to ask his father to make him like one of his hired servants. He never finished his whole speech. His father ran to greet him, kissed him, put a robe on him, sandals on his feet, and a ring on his finger. His father also threw the biggest party ever to celebrate his homecoming.

The hymn writer Will Thompson wrote, “Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling, calling for you and for me; patient and loving, He’s waiting and watching, watching for you and for me.”

Do you have any prodigals who need to come home? Don’t give up, don’t stop praying, don’t lose hope. There is hope in your future. Have a blessed day waiting and watching. Stay safe and healthy.

The longer someone is away, the hardest it is to come back, to come home; but the greater the joy.

Dean