August 18th, 2017
Hebrews 13:17
"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."

God has placed athority in all of our lives, whether it be Austin, Pastor Mike, our parents. There is some one that we can look to for godly counsel. With that authority and ability to speak into our lives we need to respect them with the respect we would have had for Jesus. He has hand picked them to be representitives of his word and to guide you along so that you can go out among the nations teaching and baptizing them. They are to make sure that you stay on the path of righteousness so why make their lives harder by disobeying them and not submitting to them? All you do is test their joy and try to set them on edge.  So let them, instead of fighting their athority go with it and there will be joy because it will be in God's will, his perfect plan.

I will not lie for me at first it was had to submit so fully, which was strange because I have never had this problem before. It is just that I had to look bibically at this. It wasn't even the authority in this it is the roles of women and men in God's eyes. I was so used to the worlds stand point of "yes women can do everything, they are the ones that should be inchage of families, businesses, countries, even now a days some churches." so therefore the transition from that life to this one was quite the stretch. But as I was talking to one of the women mentors here she explained that there is something beautiful that happens when men and women fit into the roles that God has designed for them. Now having been here 6 weeks, I happen to agree. I couldn't imagine anything more perfect.

Application:
Encourage one women who is in authority over me today.