“Only God can save your children, so keep on asking Him to display Himself to them in a way they can’t resist worshiping Him for.”ĭon’t pretend that everything is fine. Therefore, the best thing you can do is show them Christ. Their only hope is to clearly see Jesus and His love for them. Point them to Christ.Piper contends that the real problem with your prodigal is not their behavior, it’s that they don’t see Jesus clearly. The following points are his, with my condensed interpretation.ġ. The article is quite long, so you can read the entire text here ( Let Them Come Home). Abraham was a prodigal for many years, and his insight into how to love prodigals back to Jesus is something I think everyone struggling with this should read. I recently read a phenomenal article by Abraham Piper, the son of pastor and author John Piper, whom I greatly admire. It hasn’t borne fruit yet, but we hope it’s well on its way. All we could do was give it the best environment that we knew how to give the rest was, and still is, up to its Creator.
When it was still very small, we could watch it, we could nurture it, we could pray that it would grow big and strong and eventually produce fruit. It is surrounded by other plants, yet given its own space. It was so small back then, and it was hot out, so daily, even twice-daily, watering was vital for its survival. When the new fence panels went in, the seedling was transplanted to our front yard. This seemed to me a perfect analogy for the life of a prodigal: There is always hope that there is life left in those who wander from God. Imagine our surprise and our pleasure at finding this small glimmer of hope that we could still have a healthy avocado tree in the future.
In removing the old fence, my husband came across this 18-inch-high seedling that had been growing from a pit discarded by the squirrels in the corner of the yard. Well, we had a storm more than a year ago that knocked down part of our back fence near where the tree used to grow. (See The Beetle Within Us) I was sad to have to report that, after just a year of bearing fruit, the tree had to be taken out because it was diseased by the ambrosia beetle. Awhile back, I wrote a post about my avocado tree.
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