THE GOOD IN THE BAD OF THE PRODIGAL SON

Contrary to the generally believed and negative impression about the prodigal son,there's an aspect of the boy's life that we never give a keen attention to because of our human nature-always prioritising the bad behaviour than the good and pointing accusing finger.A handful number of us will not mind killing/disowned the guy if we were his father because of his extravagant and frivolous life styles.
However, the story of the boy as illustrated in the book of Luke 15 can be summarised in three ways which are:wrong decision,right decision and indecision.
Now,let's explore them one after the other because you'll learn from him a great lesson.The lesson is a dillution of my view and a book I came across some years ago written by David.O.Abioye.Let's go on the study.

WRONG DECISION.
'The prodigal son decided to meet his father and ask for his portion of inheritance.He asked and got his desire,because he had decided for it.Even though he made a wrong decision that took him out of his father's house and into a strange land where he was reduced from riches to rags,the prodigal son was all the same a decision-maker.He suffered hunger,nakedness and lack;the consequences of his wrong decision,yet he refused to be demoralized'

RIGHT DECISION
'To prove that the decision-makers are creative thinkers,this young man refused to be hedged in by defeat.In the midst of his calamities,he does something.And what's that? His mind got stirred up and he made another decision.He decided to rise up and go to his father.And the moment he took that step,a spiritual monitoring force went into operation to stir up his father as he also stepped out,and they met on the way'.WAO! This time he made a right decision that restored him to glory.A man who makes a wrong decision today is most likely to make a right one tomorrow.

INDECISION
'On the other hand,the elder brother of the prodigal son was a man of indecision.He was timid and too scared to even think of what he wanted.He saw their father as a rich oppressor,so he did not reason that as a son he deserved more than what the slaves and servants were getting.He remained at a mediocre equilibrium between the time that his decision-making younger brother went on his adventure and when he returned.
The fatted call which was never slaughtered for the brother was slaughtered for this boy and I doubt if he had been given even the least of the calf to enjoy it solely.He complained of his father accepting his brother back to the house.He muttered how his brother has squandered his own portion of the inheritance,even though this was not the reason he was denied his.He has not been given a kid in his life time to celebrate with his friends.At the end he remained indecisioned.

Lesson To Learn
The prodigal son was ready to risk failure to gain more experience, meanwhile the brother was not ready to face the new world with its challenges.
Though he made a wrong decision initially,at the end of the day he did not lose anything,rather he gained experience and restoration.When he realised that his first decision had brough him into trouble,he started the process all over again.He sat down to think,came up with another decision and then took steps that brough him into limelight.
Indecision is a state of stagnation.That's why wrong decision is better than indecision.Never be scared of making a wrong decision.Atleast,it gives you the opportunities to be corrected and directed in the right way.
Finally,it's better to fail while trying to succeed than to succeed while trying failure.
Don't be afraid of making a new attempt! Take the bull by the horn to face indecision.
A wrong decision will ultimatelty leads to a right one while indecision is a great bane to success in life
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