Daily Bible Reading 10th November 2026 // Luke 15:11-24
11 And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. 12 And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided his property between them. 13 Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living. 14 And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs. 16 And he was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything.
17 “But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger! 18 I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.”’ 20 And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. 21 And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ 22 But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet. 23 And bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate. 24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.
And he 'came to himself' to some purpose: In a new blinding reality of self revelation, he saw himself as he really was: 'I perish!' It was this that led to his resolute action that brought him back to his father's house. It is surely significant, as an indication of how complete this 'coming to himself' was, that the story which begins with his 'Give me' ends with his 'Make me': And - still more significant - all that he went to the far country to find, he found when he came home! He was back to where he belonged: And this is what salvation really means: our right place, as those made in the image of God, is in fellowship with Him. Salvation is being brought back into fellowship, into dependence on Him, and therefore into belonging. This is the only real answer to the fragmentation and disintegration of life caused by the loneliness of sin.