A heart of sonship recognizes its need for interdependence. So often we see the faults of our pastor or our boss and use their weaknesses to justify our inaction instead of getting underneath, supporting, and saving both of you. Sonship is a heart attitude of submission that brings self-redemption. I don’t want to be anyone’s mother. I want to focus my life upon what Jesus focused His life upon. Jesus focused His life upon being a son. I think I would just like to focus my life there for now. Instead , why don’t we all start focusing on being a son or daughter who seeks to do only what the Father does,and live to serve, honor, and bless others?
Who do I seek to honor and get underneath and push up, making their lives and ministry a blessing? Whose daughter am I? Sonship begins in the natural before it moves to the spiritual because the natural precedes the spiritual according to Paul in 1 Corinthians 15:46. Before you can be a son or a daughter in the spiritual, you must be one in the natural. You do not come into your inheritance or become an effective influencer in the lives of others by focusing on being a leader or even by focusing on being a spiritual Father. You come into maturity by focusing on being a son. That is what Jesus did. Jesus focused on being a son the entire time He was on earth, first a son to His earthly parents as in (Luke 2:46-52) and then as the son of His heavenly Father. Everything Jesus did and said was from the perspective and mind-set of a son. Jesus was the man He was, because of the Father He had. Whose son are you?
Scripture support for this whole idea is found in Hebrews 13:17, Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with grief, for this would be unprofitable for you (NAS). We must acknowledge our need to be a son or a daughter to someone else, or it will become unprofitable for us.
What thoughts do you think arise in your pastors mind when your name is mentioned? Would it be, Oh yes! Their heart is given to bringing honor and blessing to others! Or Oh, no! What are they agitated and discontent with now? How about your boss? Does your boss see you as someone who chooses to stoop underneath and push up, everything to honor him and make the business succeed, or does he or she seek to avoid you? It is your future that is at stake. What you reap in life next year is often determined by how the authority figures in your life see you right now. Are you an orphan with your own mission, or are you a son or a daughter committed to their Father’s mission? Your future inheritance depends on whether you have a heart of sonship or an orphan heart. There is no inheritance for orphans. And if you have not been faithful of that which is another’s who will give you that which is your own? (Luke 6:12 NAS).
