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Sons!
by
Tripp Campbell
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. 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 way!
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!
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I am a born
again Christian just beginning to understand the
"Indescribable Grace" of God.
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