“Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all Godliness and reverence.”
1 Timothy 2:1-2 (NKJV)

OCTOBER 13 - One of the most damaging things we can ever do to ourselves is disregard a person in authority over us. In doing so, we actually show a disregard for God’s authority in our lives. We forget that every one of our thoughts, words, and actions is a seed we plant in the field God gave us.

A disobedient individual is someone who continually shows disregard for the instructions that are required of him. He might even be a nice person; however, when an authority asks him to do something, he just doesn’t seem to find the time to do it. We cannot operate that way in the Kingdom of God if we expect to be used by Him. With God, everything is very precise.

• Does He forgive us? Yes.
• Does He love us? Absolutely.
• Does He think we are wonderful? We are tops in His eyes!
• But are we going to be used by Him? No!

Why not? Because Proverbs 25:19 says, “Putting confidence in an unreliable person is like chewing with a toothache or walking on a broken foot.”

God does not put His confidence in an unreliable person because He doesn’t want to put Himself through that kind of pain. Let’s be reliable and prove our love for Him by respecting those in authority
over us.

Father, I thank You that I pray and intercede on behalf of my authorities and I give You thanks for placing them in my life.

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