Remind them to be subject to rulers and
authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work, - Titus
3.1
I think being subject to authority grates on all of us a
bit. No one really likes to be told what to do. We would all rather do it our
own way.
But it is not too hard to submit when someone when people
lead the way we like. If leaders are treating us right and respecting us and
allowing us to live the way we want and worship and serve God and take care of
our families and such it is pretty easy to be subject to rulers and
authorities.
But what happens when they don’t lead that way.
What happens when leaders try to take away our ‘rights’ and
raise our takes and limit our freedoms and stand behind wickedness and
immorality? What happens when our leaders reject our Christian ethos or even
oppose it?
I think it is clear. ‘Be subject to rulers and authorities,
to obey…’ In our modern democracies we have the option to express our
disagreements and opinions and try to change them. But, when all is said and
done, we are to be subject and obey - even if we don't 'like' it.
The rest of the verse tells us why – because it prepares us
to do every good work.
Submission means that we are trusting God no matter what we
like or don’t like. We obey and then we trust God to sort out the rest. The
only exception is when obedience forces us to disobey God.
If we can’t trust God to submit to and obey our rulers we
will never have the faith to do a work for Him.
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