We are living in a generation of believers who are full of bible knowledge, a zeal and a passion to serve God and even go to seek the lost but with the greater majority, they lack spiritual authority. Yes the sick are healed and people get saved, because God still gives His gifts, but He does not back up many who proclaim his word. One reason is that God has not been able to break their strong will and thus are less usable in the hands of God. One way God makes His people usable is through submission to IMPERFECT AUTHOURITY.
Jesus who says to us FOLLOW ME, submitted to Joseph and Mary always. Luke 2:51. We know that Jesus was perfect and never sinned even once, but He submitted to his parents who were imperfect in so many ways and He never despised them though He was being better than them in a million was. In the same way, if God is to commit authority to any of us, we must first learn to submit to authority. Paul says that WE (including Paul) see through the glass dimly, 1Cor 13:12. These means that even the greatest servants of God have areas where they do not see clearly and maybe wrong in some areas, but God still demands submission.
Before God gave Moses authority to lead the children of Israel out Egypt, he had to break him first. Before running away from Egypt, He was taught in all the wisdom of Egypt and was mighty in speech and deeds. It was before running away from Egypt that God had revealed to him that He was to deliver the children of Israel out of bondage. Acts 7:25. But this did not make him ready to fulfill Gods purpose. God had to break him first and strip him of all his pride and self-confidence by causing him to run away from the palace into the wilderness and there He married and lived with His father-in-law and his work was to tend his father-in-law’s sheep forty years. This was enough to break him.
Have you heard or do you know any man who married and lives with his wife’s parents and is also employed by them???
It like a young person who after much time seeking Gods will discovers it and maybe have gone to a bible school and have the studied bible but still is not ready for God has not broken him. he has to submit to authority if He has to have wisdom and if God has to commit spiritual authority to Him.
When the work of breaking was done, Moses who was mighty in speech and deeds and was learnt in all the wisdom of Egypt and was very confident and even killed an Egyptian, Ex 2:11-12, became a stammerer and was helpless to do anything without Gods help. In fact, reading Exod 39-40 we see the phrase ‘’as the Lord commanded Moses’’ occurring 16 times. He could not do anything in His own initiative, he had learnt to wait on God. God has to break us in our strongest areas before He can fully use us.
Joshua was the man who took after Moses and He himself submitted to Moses. He was referred to as Moses servant, Ex 24:13, Num 11:28. Whenever Moses went to hear God, Joshua woul wait patiently. Ex 33:11. Before Moses death, He laid his hands on Joshua and He became the next leader. Num 27:18, Deut 31:14, 34:9
Dathan, Korah, and Abiram rebelled against authority and the earth swallowed them up.
These were among the chosen leaders. Num 16
It’s like young people who rebel against the authority of the church and being wise in their own eyes starts correcting everything and everyone except themselves. Jam 3:13 says ...the meekness of wisdom.. and 1Cor 3:18 says that stop deceiving ourselves; if we think we are wise, we must become fools submitting to authority and accepting to be taught that we may be truly wise.
There are many other examples teaching the same principle. Joseph, Elisha and the Apostles. Let us learn submission to authority.
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