Friday, December 17, 2010

Fri.'s Devo - Under Authority

Read Pro. 20:2
Everyone lives under authority. If you have no boss there is always your parents or your spouse or God and according to this verse you don't want to get on the wrong side of them. To offend your superior on purpose is to sin against your own soul. God places people in authority that are not always the nicest most deserving people but God has a reason for letting them be on top. Many times it is to test us in some way. Jesus learned obedience through the things he suffered. He was born under a strict ungodly Roman rule where justice was unjust and the wrong people were in office. But he submitted to their law and even paid taxes. He honored the authority of the land even though he had every right to disobey...after all he was the son of God, the creator of this world. He totally laid his position down and humbled himself to the rules of the government. The only people he defied were the religious leaders. We tend to get this entitlement attitude which if anyone was entitled it would be Jesus. Maybe we need to learn to be more humble and teachable.
Lord, I know I need to learn this lesson so open my eyes to opportunities where I can choose to lay down my rights for the sake of the kingdom.

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