Father's Heart VII -Spirit of Sonship

The genealogy of a person defines his identity and existence. It reflects the relationship and the tying in of the father with his son.
Jesus is called a prophet, a Messiah, a teacher and these titles define His functions. But Jesus is revealed as the Son of God in Matt 16:13- who He is! His identity is that He is the Son of God!
The Father revealed the Son, the Father wants to give a Bride to the Son and the Son wants to give many sons of glory to the Father. The Son wants to give us as gifts to the Father- the love gifts of God to God.( Matt 3:16 ,John 5:19, Matt 17:15) It's all about Sonship!

Luke 2:41-51
In the Jewish custom a boy becomes a man at the age of 12 and is transferred from the care of a mother to his father. Jesus knows His identity and stayed back at His Father's house when he was 12 but when Joseph and Mary came back for Him, He followed them and showed the heart of a son. For the next 18 years, Jesus lived as a son of a carpenter. His identity was secured in the Father, so He could live what is asked of Him (Jn2:1-11) In Cana, Jesus obeyed and submitted to Mary even it was not His time. (Jn19:25) When He was hanging on the Cross, He saw Mary (Jn19:26), in the midst of His own suffering and agony, He cared for His earthly mother. WALK IN THE SAME SONSHP!!

We need to have a heart of a son to our parents and heavenly Father... whose son are you?? The responsibility towards a father is being a son to my father.

Acts17:26 - God determines where and when to place me. Are we judging our father? Am I blocking my ability to walk in Sonship with God?

Gal 4:4 - He sent the Spirit of a Son who calls out ABBA. We are to learn sonship through our parents - to have a heart of a son.

Eph6:1-3 If I reject my father, I reject God's plan! If I honour my father, I am respecting God! Parents are authoritative figures placed over us by God!

Deu 27:16 Honour does not mean approval or condoning or excusing their behaviour. Honour means respecting their position ; they brought us into the world, they gave us lives. Even if we can't truly love them, then as Jesus commanded 'love thy enemy'- love them anyway.

Rom13:1-7 , 1Pet 2:13 -All authority is placed by God. Don't rebel against the authority that God has placed over us. He placed our parents as authority over us. Our parents gave us life. Don't reject and judge your father by stopping your heart from being a son. Then we will also reject the Father. Whenever you honour your earthly father, you honour your heavenly Father. Be a Son.

Mal 4:5 Turn the heart of the Father to the children. He allows us to forgive our parents and also to honour them. ..to bring a restoration, a reconciliation back to God- it frees our heart. God comes to meet all our love needs. We can receive all our needs from our Father. When we walk in sonship, we learn to honour God. An inheritance passed on, the genetic and DNA code passed on. A right to everything our parents are- not earned but inherited. God imparts supernaturally for who they are , also on our spiritual parents. Have a heart of humility and submission- what it means to be a son in our heart. The example of the prodigal son's elder brother- he was doing everything right but he was not a son because he doesn't know his father.

Allow and let the spirit of sonship embrace our heart to be a son. The best way to reveal the Father is to be a son. Our relationship with our parents is linked with our relationship with God. Whose son are you?? He has put us in our family so that we can learn sonship. It's more about our heart, not theirs....

my personal reflection:-
growing up without a father and not even able to remember how he looks like - has caused me to block-off a part of me until now. however, it is really not about him anymore- it is about me being the daughter. there's a taint of regret in me i guess as i will never have a chance to be a good daughter to him... all of you out there, if you still have a chance- honour your parents, be a son or a daughter- it's about our heart... our Father is honoured when we honour our parents- not an option but a command with a blessing added to it...