Slave or Son?

Sometimes I think the understanding and definition of our current role in partnership with God gets muddled. There is a fine line between viewing ourselves as lowly servants of the Master and joint heirs with Jesus as sons of the Living God. The word of God is very clear that when Jesus came and shed His royal blood for us on the cross and rose to the right hand of power and authority, we are to join Him (1 John 4:17, Ephesians 3:6, Romans 8:14-17). Do you think Jesus serves the purposes of the Father and heaven with a servant mentality that resembles a slave? Now, when I say slave, I am referring to someone who is in bondage to a harsh taskmaster as the Israelites were in Egypt. No way-He served as a humble "son" who knew His rights, privileges, and authority given to Him to enforce the agenda of the kingdom. There is a stream of false humility that runs through some teaching out there that says we ought to see ourselves as lowly "servants" of the mighty Master...A false humility is when we claim to be humble and talk about our low position under the premise that we should, "serve" from a slave mindset. This is very dangerous ground as is a pompous, haughty position that God "owes" me something! He neither wants us "lowly thinking like a slave" or "sticking our chest out and demanding a handout". There are always extremes of teaching and attitudes that bring confusion. The enemy is the author of confusion while the Spirit of the Lord and Wisdom brings freedom. Hosea 4:6 says that "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge."
Galatians 4 is pretty clear of our position in Christ and from what mindset we should approach God. Verse 6-7 say it beautifully, 6-"And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, "Abba Father!"(Which literally translates to Daddy God in the Hebrew). 7-Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Then in Romans 8:14-17 is says,14- "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God. 15-For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba Father." 16-The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17-and if children, the heirs-heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together. Adopted sons and daughters in our world are not "slaves" of their parents are they? No, they grow in a nurturing parental environment and ideally "obey" and "submit" to their parental guidance from a position of love and respect, not of fear and intimidation. A healthy, loving and intimate relationship produces obedience and respect as a by-product of knowing and receiving unconditional love from the parent. If we do not see and have a revelation of the fatherly, "Daddy" side of God-we will always be measuring ourselves by our performance and ability to "earn" our love from God. God sent Jesus to restore us back to our created value and the intimacy Adam and Eve experienced in the garden prior to them falling into a twisted mindset. He came to put heaven back into us, not slave away to get to it someday by our efforts. Our efforts flow from a loving relationship and intimacy from spending time with Him getting to know His heart and agenda for His children, not man's ideas and knowledge.
Believe you are seated with Him in heavenly places-put on the robe of righteousness purchased by Christs' blood, receive the ring of authority, put sandals back on your feet, receive the hugs and kisses of Daddy, receive the sacrifice of the fattened calf along with the party! You are "Accepted in the Beloved" (Eph 1:6)...this does not produce an" Entitlement attitude", but a gratitude that empowers to live out the sonship Jesus grafted us into! (See Luke 15:20-24 for proof of these claims), matter of fact if you read the whole story, the "older brother" was mad and wanted his younger brother to be treated as a "slave".  He thought the father "owed" him and yet he couldn't see it was there for him all along. It might be time we get truly humble and evaluate if we think God "owes" us because we have "served" tirelessly all these years and still have not gotten what we are "due". I think if we come alongside and start agreeing what His word says about our identity, we will see that we have all things that pertain to life and godliness now, because of what Christ already accomplished at Calvary. Amen?
Beloved, we are to serve alongside of Jesus with joy knowing that we are put into Christ not by things we do for God and our fellow man. We are saved and maintained by the Grace of God and knowing our acceptance because of His sacrifice will cause us to humbly serve from a position of joint authority. These are not my thoughts and ideas, but the thoughts and ideas of a loving Father that simply wants to pull as many children to His side as would receive Him. Will you?