subject: Authority And Long Life [print this page] Most of the people in authority are people were not going to respect. And if we wait to respect and love their personality and then say, Okay, now I love you. Now Ill submit, thats not submission. Thats not submitting ourselves to authority. Saul was trying to kill David, yet David submitted to him. He understood authority. David got under the stuff that God was over. And because of that, David was over the stuff that God put under him. David became the greatest king of Israel, a true warrior, a true man of God.
Why did he do it? Because of the Lord. Why do we submit to authority? Because of the Lord. Well Ed, what if I get out from underneath Gods authority and do my own thing? What if I get out from under it and what if I get hammered by hail and pelted by rain? What will happen to me? Well heres what happened to Saul.
Saul missed it with his kids. He had an opportunity, had he stayed under Gods authority, to press into his kids lives the seeds of authority, seeds of respect, seeds of submission. Because he dissed Gods authority and dissed Samuels authority, though, he missed it.
Hey parents, what are you doing with your kids? Are you sewing seeds of rebellion? When you have lunch today, or dinner tonight, are you having fried teacher, poached pastor and boiled police officer? If you are, youre sewing seeds of rebellion. And one day youll come up to one of us and say, Man, why are my kids so rebellious? Why have they turned away? Seeds of rebellion.
Saul missed it with his kids. Secondly, Sauls life is a tragedy of what might have been. So many gifts, so many opportunities, so many things he could have done for God, but because of his rebelliousness, he missed it. And what did God do? God brought in David, a replacement. Heres something else, another thing that happened to Saul. Because of his mentality, because of Saul moving out from underneath the umbrella, and I hate to tell you this, his life was shortened.
Ed Young Blog stated that now wait a minute Ed. Thats pretty heavy. Are you telling me theres a correlation between being anti-authority and a short life? Yes.Are you telling me theres a correlation between respecting authority, submitting to authority and long life? Yes, Im telling you thats what the Bible says.
by: Ed Young
welcome to Insurances.net (https://www.insurances.net)
