Come Home

Come out of hiding
You're safe here with Me
There's no need to cover
What I already see

You've got your reasons
But I hold your peace
You've been on lockdown
And I hold the key

'Cause I loved you before you knew it was love
And I saw it all, still I chose the cross
And you were the one that I was thinking of
When I rose from the grave

Now rid off the shackles, My victory's yours
I tore the veil for you to come close
There's no reason to stand at a distance anymore
You're not far from home

I'll be your lighthouse
When you're lost at sea
And I will illuminate
Everything

No need to be frightened
By intimacy
No, just throw off your fear
And come running to Me

'Cause I loved you before you knew it was love
And I saw it all, still I chose the cross
And you were the one that I was thinking of
When I rose from the grave
Now rid of the shackles, My victory's yours
I tore the veil for you to come close
There's no reason to stand at a distance anymore
You're not far from home
Keep on coming

And oh as you run
What hindered love
Will only become
Part of the story

Baby, you're almost home now
Please don't quit now
You're almost home to Me

Dear Prodigal,

You have not gone so far that the Lord cannot save you. I know the struggle inside your heart; the pain and emptiness that you feel. I know the hurts that rip you apart. God has not left you. He is calling for you to come home. He longs to hear your voice once more. He longs to hold you in his arms. It's not to late to turn around. It's not to late to come home. You may feel worthless and you may feel like no one will ever accept you back. Trust me, Jesus is calling you home. He will make you worthy and he will accept you. If you could only see the love that he has for you. If you could see the tears that he cries for you.
The inner turmoil that you feel will never go away until you come back to God. The days when you feel so lost and broken are the days that God is yelling your name. He is saying, "Come home. I love you. I miss you. Please don't go down that road. All it leaves you with is brokenness and pain. I want to hold you again."
I don't know everything that you are going through, but I know a God that does. He is looking down on you and waiting for you to come back. The prayers have prayed from the ones that love you dearly. Travail has sounded in the night for you. Tonight could be the last night you have to struggle. those things that hold you so bound up need to go. You need to find that alter and make things right. God is longing for that moment with you. He is longing for the times you used to talk. He wants to help you, but it is your choice. You have to choose to come home. Just like the prodigal son chose. He had to realize that this world had nothing for him. He had to realize that life back at the father's house was better than living with pigs. He has to desire to come home and once he did, he had to take the steps back to the father's house.
Do you hear him calling? Do you feel him drawing? He's waiting for you.

2 Chronicles 15:3-4
Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
But when they, in their trouble did turn unto the Lord God of Israel, and sought him, he was found.