To be a Son

Sons of God
26You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, 27for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

In this generation, God is looking to raise up sons and daughters unto Himself
that will worship Him in spirit and in truth. And what a priveledge it is to
be a son.

Sons have benefits whereas slaves have very limited benefits, if any at all.
Jesus shares in John 8 that slaves have no permanent place in the family, but
a son belongs forever. What a blessing! Sons remain forever!

What a priveledge it is to be a son of the Living God. What an honor. We are
no longer slaves unto sin, but sons unto righteousness!

And how do we come into this sonship? We accept the sonship by faith, through grace
which is of the Lord. He longs for us to all come unto Him to be His beloved sons.
This concept of sonship reminds me of when Jesus looked over Jerusalem and lamented, 'O Jerusalem, you who stone the prophets, how I would have wanted to gather You unto Myself as a mother hen gathers her chicks, but you would not.' O to have a willing heart, and a humble heart, that we may get to know the Father, and come to Him, and be His sons and daughters.

The Lord is looking for worshippers. He is looking for sons and daughters as well. You are a son now, already, if you stop and think about it. We are all prodigals until we come to the point that we need really need Him; when we realize that we're eating pig food, and that even the hired servants back home have it better than we do out in the world. And that when we do choose to come home, there will be an understanding Father there to embrace us, and throw a feast for us, and put a ring on our finger, to seal the fact that we are home, and sons forevermore.