Submitting To Authority

I have had kind of a mind freeze lately. Bloggers block. So I will be posting some info. on submitting to authority for the next couple of weeks. This will be like the power keys for mind-management. First, today we will cover Authority. All of this information is from my monthly issue of Wisdom Digest.

Authority is not permission to dominate; authority is permission to protect.
The purpose of authority is not merely to restrict, but rather to advance another, to recognize and reward their obedience. Authority requires qualification.

Those who rule over you are instructed to reward you. "Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in thine hand to do it," (Proverbs 3:27)

3 Rewards For Submitting To Legitimate Authority...

1. Qualified authority should offer protection to you. Note that God did not simply instruct you to bring the tithe to Him. He promised to protect everything you create and generate. The covenant rewards everyone involved.
2. Qualified authority should produce provision for you. That is exactly what God promises you. "If thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all His commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth," (Deuteronomy 28:1)
3. Qualified authority should promote you. The true source of promotion comes from God. "For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the judge: He putteth down one, and setteth up another," (Psalm 75:6-7)

Amongst these next weeks I will post the 16 facts you should know about submission. So stay tuned.