Hebrews
13:17
“Obey those who rule
over you, and be submissive, for they watch out for your souls, as those who
must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would
be unprofitable for you” (NKJV)
We need to be obedient to our authority. This is such a
simple statement, but is very difficult to do. In our relationships with God we
know that we are responsible for our own faith and our personal faith is what
determines whether or not we get to enjoy eternity with God. We, as believers,
are a group of individuals all helping each other towards Christ; but so many
times we are just individuals. When we think that our soul has priority over
others’ souls, then we begin to live the life of a selfish Christian; for they
have knowledge of the Bible and are not sharing what they learn, therefore,
only are helping themselves. All of us have authority in our lives who have
been called by God to reign over us, and they have stepped up to their calling.
We, in turn, need to following God’s calling in our lives, which is that we
obey this authority. Many times we think that we are the only ones who are
responsible for our faith, but this is not true. We are the ones that dictate
which master we serve, but God puts leaders in our lives who “watch out for
(our) souls”. They give an account for their soul and those they had the
responsibility of being an authority over. So we need to let them be a leader
over our lives and be content in that. It is a joy to have authority in our
lives because they are another security for us on our walk of faith.
To be glad that I have authority, I am going to tell my
leader how much of a joy it is to have them as authority.
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