Are you a child or a servant of the Most High God???

[NIV] Daniel 6:20 When he came near the den, he called to Daniel in an anguished voice, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to rescue you from the lions?”

Daniel was referred to in the above scripture as a servant of the most high God.
I wanted to change the word servant to child but the Holy Spirit said 'Leave it because today God has many children but very few servants.

 He said ' there is a difference between a servant and a child.

A servant will never disobey your orders because he/she came to your house knowing the duties and role expected of him/her, and knows that disobedience or failure to adhere to those expectations could mean the loss of an opportunity to get a better life. To a servant, the penalty for disobedience is Life Changing;

A child on the other hand, comes into the world with a totally different mentality. He/she has no idea of your expectations when they come into your world. They learn it as time and years go by but a lot of times they dont conform totally to your expectations. They have the freedom to take or choose who or what they want to become. They know that there is no Life Changing penalty if they choose not to meet all of your expectations for them.

A good example is this: if you bring a servant into your house and decide to train him/her to become a medical doctor, they won't reject it and pick sociology (for example) because most often than not they realize that you have a ticket that can get them to where they desire to be....
Your child on the other hand may choose not to study medicine and in most cases you will still pay for the child's university education.

Both have the freedom to choose but  the servant decides to sacrifice it and conform to your choices in order to achieve his desires, while your child doesnt have to sacrifice to achieve...

As a child of God sometimes we take the freedom we have in Him for granted and like the child above want to do things our own way and still get His results.. 'He is full of mercy' we tell ourselves;

 As a servant of God, you are truly dead to self because you have chosen to lay down your rights and do what He says, be who He says and live life like He says...

In actual fact we are both: but our attitude towards His plan and purpose for our lives should be like that of the servant while our knowledge of Him should mirror that of a child..

Stay blessed