The lost son

Luke
Here's another parable about being lost - the parable of the lost son (or prodigal son).  Many times, the focus is on the lost son, rather than the one who was never lost.  That second son who never ran away, he had it made the whole time, with constant access to the father and the wealth!  And yet, he was really the one squandering what he had.  I can see in this parable how there is more rejoicing over the son who returned than the one who was there all along.  If you aren't lost from God, are you rejoicing with him and enjoying all that he has given you?  As much as there is a lot of rejoicing when the lost people come home, there is so much more available to those who have been with God the whole time; he loves all of us with an extravagant love.