"In a few short words Newton outlines our dilemma. The choice before us seems to be to either turn from God and pursue the desires of our hearts, like the younger brother, or repress desire and do our moral duty, like the older brother. But the sacrificial, costly love of Jesus on the cross changes that. When we see the beauty of what he has done for us, it attracts our hearts to him. We realize that the love, the greatness, the consolation, and the honor we have been seeking in other things is here. The beauty also eliminates our fear. If the Lord of the Universe loves us enough to experience this for us, what are we afraid of? To the degree we “see his beauty” we will be free from the fear and neediness that creates either younger brothers or elder brothers.
Our friends at Kurt and Lori provided this book “the Prodigal God” for me to read. As you may know there are 2 brothers in the story of the prodigal son. This book deals with the father going to each of the signs and shows how the elder son was just as lost as his prodigal brother. This was a quote I enjoyed a lot.
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