Pastor John,
A year ago, I was riding down the road and I felt Jesus speaking to me. He used to do that often, and He would tell me things that I would write down, things that blessed my soul and things that made me better for hearing them. But because of my actions, those experiences slowed and nearly stopped altogether. But this one day, a year ago, He came…and what He said to my heart was good. It is what you have said all along, but I wrote it down. I wanted to keep it. I thought about it last night and pulled it up and looked at it again. It still seems good. I wanted to send it to you, because I believe it was from Jesus, and that makes it valuable.
All Authority that is….. is of God. A person does not “exercise” authority, as if it were a thing, it is not a thing or a what…it is a Who. If you are trying to be in charge, then you are not. If you are trying to take control, then you are not in control. If you are having to “exercise” authority, then you have no authority from God. Authority comes in the form of a “Who”, the first form is Jesus, Who received that state of being from His Father and passes it on to whom He will. Those who are an Authority, are so, because God made them that way. And there job is to walk in a gentleness and kindness so as to make people at ease so they can receive the blessings that the Authority has to give. A man who is really in charge is spending his time trying not to intimidate people because of what he really has, he never spends his time trying to “take” charge.
Charge is given by One who is greater, never taken. And those who don’t have it…take it by force.
Jerry