Submit

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.

                                                            Hebrews 13:17

               God has placed authority in all of our lives. Whether it be our parents, our teachers, our pastors, or anything else. He has put certain men and women in the position of leadership over us. And the author of Hebrews is saying here that we need to obey them and submit to their authority. God doesn’t place authority in our lives to make life on us more difficult, He puts them in leadership to watch over those in their care, because they will give an account to God how they led people and guided them in Godliness. Men and women in leadership roles have a big job that God has given them, and it is not something to be taken lightly. He gives all these people the grace, strength, and wisdom to do this, but it is still the leaders’ responsibility to take that role seriously and not be a bad influence. And as people who are under their leading we need to respect the role God has placed them in. for he is asking the leaders to lead in such a way with joy and not grumbling. Being thankful for where God has placed you and continually going to Him to lead you as you lead others. Obedience comes with submission under God and trusting that the leaders He has placed in your life are there for a reason. I know I so many times look at certain leaders He has placed in my life and wonder why He has done that, and that is wrong. God is sovereign even with the roles of leadership in our lives.

Application- be aware of who God has placed in leadership over me and respect them.