After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living. — Luke 15:13

The prodigal took his inheritance and wasted it in a far country. That's every one of us by nature — we took God's gifts and spent them on ourselves. Such were some of you, but you've been washed and justified. While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Before the Son came to his senses, the Father was already watching.