SLAVE, SERVANT, SON....MENTALITY

Slave Mentality (google)

     I've been thinking about how the mind moves, from one perspective to another, and how that in each perspective, new truth is revealed. When I was a child, my Mama tells me I got saved when I was three; however, as I grew up in legalism, I developed hate for those who had mistreated me and abused me. When I was sixteen, I acknowledged that I had hate toward a person, and compared that to 1 John 4:7-8. You can't say you love God, who you don't see, when you hate the brother you do see. Hmmm. So when I got saved, one week before my 20th birthday, I needed a place to put all the previous years. What was that experience?
     A young man came into my life, and began to question me about all I "believed." He was very patient, and when my religion stalled at logic, I had to confess that besides seeing Jesus at 18 months, the religion had many holes, and I needed answers. Honestly, as a child, I didn't want to be hit, yelled at, blamed for things I didn't do, abused, made to keep secrets too big for me to understand, much less carry. So, I obeyed. I developed O.C.D. at the baseline, and Dis Associative Disorder, so that the "people/system" my mind created, could take the responsibility for the sins of others and help me to survive. I did, but when I was 20, legalism (trusting in perfect performance to save), failed me. I found that with slavery mentality, the demons don't easily let you go. Slavery mentality is not formed over one experience, but over time, as the acts of control and repression increase with severity and threats of harsher punishment. The person learns to fear harm of any kind, in self and in others. By then, terror takes over, and the hope of getting out hangs on the only one who escaped all forms of bondage Himself.

Servant Mentality (google)

       Unlike, Slavery Mentality, Servant Mentality has a payoff, compensation, if you will. This is the thing I was talking about the other day, when Storge love doesn't happen, the friendships are formed with servant/reciprocal, unspoken bonds. Each person has their own idea of what their pay should be, and they pull on the friendship to get it. For example, because a friend "gave" $20 bucks the other day for cigarettes, when receiver gets paid, which isn't on the same pay day as the giver, the giver says, "Hey, you got $20 bucks? I need to pay a friend." This feels wrong, and the more you think about it, the more angry you get. Then you start to keep record, and find the friend is taking you for a fool. At the exact moment you are gonna cut him/her loose, he/she asks you to dinner and pays for it.
      You don't have many friends, and all of them seem to operate on the same system. So rather than determine they are wrong, you conclude, "Wow! I must have been sheltered. I didn't know the world operated this way. This mentality is more difficult to get out of than the Slavery Mentality due to the fact that you the "good/payoff" with the "bad/boundary breaking/usury." The only way to come out of this is to experience a different way of relating to people. Go ahead, look for examples. They are few and far between. Generally, when you look, Servant Mentality always has an agenda....get reciprocity for self. It gets really sad and comical, watching people vie for position with the boss, the bigwigs, the powers that be....really, all it takes is Starbucks and the feeling of adoration?
       Finally, Son Mentality, not gender related, but a way of thinking. is best of the worst. You will understand in a minute. I love history, and I especially love learning about Kingdoms. It is interesting how that "Peace" is rare and treasured, but even then, there were always those who were working behind the scenes to dethrone the King and enthrone themselves. When you delve into the mind of the King, you may find that his agenda is to protect and provide for his people, but then, you have those who are only interested in territory, power and position. In those kingdoms, you will find the worst sorts of people, always planning and scheming, like vipers. To think like a Son, means your whole life is geared toward the purpose of your Father (self is lost and found in purpose of the Father). When I read the story in the Bible about Johnathan and David, you get a clear picture of Son Mentality. Although Johnathan dearly loved David, he obeyed his father. His belief was that his father had displeased God and David would be King, so he helped him as best he could. In the regular world, Johnathan should have been king, since he was Saul's oldest son. How cool is Johnathan? Later on, because of Johnathan's devotion to David and the will of his True Father, David, as King, honored Johnathan and brought his son, Mephibosheth to serve as a distinguished soldier....he and his descendants for generations.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwS14TiO7Pk

Son Mentality (google)

       A Son Mentality has been claimed by His Father, and His only aim is to serve under His authority until the day he comes to inherit the kingdom. Yesterday, when I had another perspective/paradigm shift, I noticed that I had been looking for Jesus in the 4 corners of my mind:Experience, Education, Gifts,Talents. He can not be found IN ME. I am to be found IN HIM. If He is to be fully Jesus in me, I can not be limited by the four corners of my mind. I decided, that as a Son, I lay down all things that make me "Feel" successful and all accolades that could cause me to reason, "I'm a Son." I exchanged it for Him and His great expanse of limited opportunities. Which means, He will take me places where I don't understand the language, the customs, the system, the people. I will be uncomfortable. I will feel rejected and alone. But, for the purpose of embracing His children, Sons, I will go. He calls me friend, and I call Him LORD.