Stand still for once - All The Good Seed Daily Devotionals for 2024

But when he came to himself, he said, How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger.
Luke 15:17

Stand still for once
In our time, Satan, the great adversary of God, does everything he can to prevent us from “coming to ourselves”. We all know it only too well: hectic days at work, at school and at home. And in our free time? We are constantly on the move or looking for distraction. At home or elsewhere, life is a merry-go-round: we are always on the go.

Listen: do yourself a favour and stop this merry-go-round! Retreat to a place where no one disturbs you. Then think about your life, about your past and present. Also think about your future and ask yourself where your path is leading. If you are on the road without God, you are heading for eternal ruin.

Luke 15 tells of a young man who had run away from his father and finally ended up with the pigs. There he came to himself. He realised that he had taken the wrong path and had come to misery through his own actions. Now he wanted to set out and return to his father with a confession of his sins.

His story makes it clear: a life without God goes wrong and requires a conversion to Him. God wants you to come to this realisation too and confess your failures before Him. Then He will welcome you with open arms, because Jesus Christ died to set you free from your guilt.

Today’s reading: Ezekiel 23:1-35 · Psalms 125:1-5