Whoever opposes the existing authority opposes what God has ordered and anyone who does so will bring judgment on himself.
Romans 13:2
Real freedom in life is found when you understand your relationship to the people in authority. God places authority in your life; rebelling against authority is rebelling against God. It's important to clearly understand how your response to authority affects your relationship with God.
Think of the authorities God has placed in your life: parents, teachers, government authorities, police, laws, covenants, and more. God placed authority in your life to guide you, direct you, challenge you, keep you safe, make you think, and help you. If a police officer or trooper pulls you over for doing 55 mph in a 35 mph school zone and gives you a ticket that costs you $100, you may feel like the officer, the law, and the ticket are imposing restrictions on your freedom. After all, you know how to drive safely, and 55 mph is not that fast. But it is too fast in that particular situation. What would happen if in that same school zone you did not see a little girl dart across the sidewalk? At 55 mph, you might not be able to stop in time...what would that cost?
The bottom line is that when you choose evaluate which rules or requests you are going to follow and which you are not, you make yourself the authority.
You end up damaging your relationship with God and the people he placed in authority in your life. Freedom from authority has a cost - it's called consequences. When you resist God's authority, you resist the One who loves you the most.
Selah people' and friends do you respect the authorities that God has placed in your life? If not, you're rebelling against more than human authority; you're rebelling against God's authority, too.
"Peace be with you as you honor God's authority."
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