You Are Not Too Far Gone

There is a lie that quietly takes root in the heart of every person who has ever walked away — from God, from themselves, from what they knew was right. The lie says: too far.

Too much has been done. Too long has passed. Too many times has the same mistake been made. And so you stop walking back, not because you don't want to return, but because you've convinced yourself the door is no longer open.

But here is what I want to say to you today, as plainly as I know how: the door was never closed.

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. — Matthew 11:28

Notice what He does not say. He does not say come to me if you are good enough. He does not say come once you've figured yourself out. He says: come weary. Come burdened. Come as you are.

The prodigal son in Luke 15 did not clean himself up before going home. He rose from the pigpen, rehearsed a speech he never got to finish, and his father saw him while he was still a great way off — and ran.

That is the God we are talking about.

Not a God who waits at a distance to see if you've improved. A God who runs toward you before you've even finished your sentence.

Whatever you've done. However long it's been. Whatever you think has disqualified you — none of it has outpaced the grace that is already moving in your direction.

You are not too far gone. You are exactly the person this was written for.