This story is not just about the sons return back to the father and repentance but is also about our God the father who longs for us to return back, and he not only forgives but restores us back.
- Fathers heart is longing to have us back to him, return from our sin / mistake / missing the mark / deviating from his plan for your life…. And when we do that, he restores the below:
- Places the Robe – which speaks about taking away our shame and restoring back righteousness and honor.
- Puts the ring – restores our position & authority as his heir / son seated at the right hand of the father with Christ Jesus.
- Sandals on our feet – sets us back on track and restores protection, establishes us & directs us. Adam sinned and lost dominion and the serpent could bruise his heal. Father restores back the protection. Establishes us - Every place that the sole of our foot shall tread upon, he will give us Josh 1:3. Directs our paths - Thy word is a lamp unto my feet Ps119:105
- Sacrifices a calf – makes a covenant, forgives / erases our sins / mistake as far as the east is from the west never to be remembered again. (Sacrifice is made as a covenant to reassure that God / father would keep His word to him.)
- Celebrated and had a feast.
I believe many are going through this and God wants to restore back everything that we missed, he wants to restore back everything that the enemy stole from us. He will remove our shame, guilt and restore back our honor and protection, place us in authority as his son / daughter, establish us and direct our paths to lead us.
