Servants And Sons

Παρεμβαλεῖ ἄγγελος Κυρίου κύκλῳ τῶν φοβουμένων αὐτὸν, καὶ ῥύσεται αὐτους.  Ἡρμήνευσε τίνα λέγει τὸν πτὼχὸν, τὸν φοβούμενον τὸν Κύριον. Διότι ὁ φοβούμενος ἔτι ἔν τῇ τοῦ δούλου τάξει ἐστιν. Ὁ δὲ ὁ ὑπὸ τῆς ἀγάπης τετελευωμένος πρὸς τὴν τοῦ υἱοῦ λοιπὸν ἀξίαν ἀνέδραμε. Διόπερ ὁ μὲν δούλος καὶ πτωχὸς λέγεται, τῷ μηδὲν ἴδιον ἔχειν· ὁ δὲ υἱὸς ἤδη καὶ πλούσιος, τῷ κληρονόμος εἶναι τῶν πατρικῶν ἀγαθων. Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ Μέγας, Ὁμιλία Ἐις Τους Ψαλμούς, Εἰς Τον ΛΓ' Ψαλμον  Source: Migne PG 29.364a

The angel of the Lord He sets in a camp around those who fear Him and delivers them. 1 This is understood as being spoken to the poor man, the one who fears God. For which reason he who fears is yet in the rank of a servant, but he who is perfected by love has arisen to the dignity of a son. Whence the servant is named a poor man, for he has nothing of his own; the son, however, is rich because he is the inheritor of the goods of the father. Saint Basil of Caesarea, Homilies on the Psalms, from Psalm 33 1 Ps 33.8 2 Ps 33.7