Empty Hands

Thanks for joining us with this daily encouragement from that hour daily. Devotional Martha Jackson and I titled our reading empty hands. Robert was embarrassed when he showed up for a breakfast meeting and realized he had forgotten his wallet. It bothered him to the point that he pondered whether he should eat at all or simply get something to drink. After some convincing from his friend. He relaxed his resistance. He and his friend enjoyed their entrées, and his friend gladly paid the bill, perhaps you can identify with this dilemma or some other situation that puts you on the receiving and wanting to pay our own way is normal, but there are occasions when we must humbly receive was graciously being given some kind of payback may have been what the younger son had in mind.

In Luke 1517 through 24 as he contemplated what he would say to his father and no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants heart servant, his father would had no such thing in his father's eyes.

He was a much loved son would come home.

As such he was met with a father's embrace and an affectionate kiss. What a grand gospel picture reminds us that by Jesus death. He revealed a loving father who welcomes empty-handed. Children with open arms.

One hymn writer expressed it like this. Nothing in my hand I bring, simply to thy cross I cling today's Our Daily Bread devotional Scripture reading is from Luke chapter 15 verses 17 to 24 when he came to his senses. He said how many of my father's heart servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death. I will set out and go back to my father and say to him. Father have sinned against heaven and against you, and no longer worthy to be called your son.

Make me like one of your heart servants so he got up and went to his father while he was still a long way off, his father saw him was filled with compassion for him. He ran to his son through his arms around him and kissed him, the son said to him. Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you, am no longer worthy to be called your son.

But the father said to his servants, quick bring the best robe and put it on. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet bring the fatted calf and kill it. Let's have a feast and celebrate this son of mine was dead and is alive again was lost and is found. So they began to celebrate. Let's pray God, heaven, you spared, not your own son Jesus, he freely gave enforce all have mercy on us. We bring nothing to commend ourselves to you, our hands are empty, fill our hearts with faith in you alone. In Jesus name we pray. Amen days in her judgment was provided by Our Daily Bread ministries