Sons!

Just a few Thoughts:

If you feel like you are on the back side of a desert and just Wasting away. Consider how God looks at the word Waste. So many times we Identify ourselves and others by what we Do, instead of Who we Are. Naturally this begs a question! Who are we?

Listen to Paul in Romans 8:14-15:
"For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
For [the Spirit which] you have now received [is] not a spirit of slavery to put you once more in bondage to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption [the Spirit producing sonship] in [the bliss of] which we cry, Abba (Father)! Father!"

Wow! what a glorious truth. We are Sons! We are Sons! We are Sons and Daughters of God!

Characteristics of a Slave:
1.) Hireling, obligation to serve for reward.
2.) Performance oriented.
3.) Slaves leave at the end of the day, Sons stay.
4.) Motivated by Fear.
5.) In Bondage

Characteristics of a Son:
1.) Motivated to do the Father's will.
2.) Enjoys Intimacy with Daddy.
3.) Sons have ears to Hear.
4.) Listens to Abba (Daddy) and does what He tells us to do.
5.) Does not fear.
6.) Free

Now read the story of Mary who Lavished, Worshipped, Jesus in loving devotion, with an alabaster vial of costly perfume.
Matthew 26: 6-13

"Now when Jesus was in Bethany, at the home of Simon the leper,
a woman came to Him with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume, and she poured it on His head as He reclined at the table.
But the disciples were indignant when they saw this, and said, "Why this waste?
"For this perfume might have been sold for a high price and the money given to the poor."
But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, "Why do you bother the woman? For she has done a good deed to Me.
"For you always have the poor with you; but you do not always have Me.
"For when she poured this perfume on My body, she did it to prepare Me for burial.
"Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her." "

The Disciples believed Mary's act of Worship was a Waste. No! Why? Because the Disciples had a different idea of waste to God's idea of waste. Waste is determined by value. Value is determined by purpose or placing value in the things we do. The Disciples believed the perfume should had been sold and given to the poor. (Doing Ministry) Mary understood, Enjoyed, Being with the Father. (Intimacy) The Lord did not consider this act of worship a Waste.


You see, we have bought into this idea that our purpose is Doing, (i.e.. to win the lost). No. Our purpose should be, to do the Father's will. Our purpose is to "be" Sons and Daughters of God. Many of us have determined that doing things for the Father is better than just being with the Father. So the next time you believe you are just wasting away on the backside of a desert. Just remember who you are! Sons and Daughters of God!

Find a Shouting Place!

"For [the Spirit which] you have now received [is] not a spirit of slavery to put you once more in bondage to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption [the Spirit producing sonship] in [the bliss of] which we cry, Abba (Father)! Father! The Spirit Himself [thus] testifies together with our own spirit, [assuring us] that we are children( sons and daughters) of God." (Romans 8:15-16)


It is very likely that many of you are under a burden of rejection, performance and hopelessness because you feel that you can never break through into an assurance of your sonship. Here is God's solution. It is by Faith! If you are waiting for God to come to you personally and give you a subjective assurance, you may have a long wait. He has already come to you in the person of His Son! Now the initiative is yours!

Find a place where you will not be disturbed or cause a disturbance. By Faith, begin to Cry out/ Shout what the Word declares is the truth. You are a son or a daughter. He is your Father. You have a God-given right to come boldly into His presence and cry out!

Firstly, repent of the words of your mouth that have contradicted the revelation of the purpose of Jesus' work on the cross. He did not come to redeem servants He came to bring "sons to glory," (Hebrew 2:10). You are not a servant! You are a son! You are a daughter!

Lastly, do you hear what Paul is saying in verse 16 of Romans 8 above: " The Spirit Himself [thus] testifies together with our own spirit."

Ponder this for a moment, I bet you can't out shout the Spirit of God! Try It!

Now, begin to cry out, "Abba!" "Father!"