Submit To Godly Leadership

Hebrews 13:17
Obey your spiritual leaders and submit to them [continually recognizing their authority over you], for they are constantly keeping watch over your souls and guarding your spiritual welfare, as men who will have to render an account [of their trust]. [Do your part to] let them do this with gladness and not with sighing and groaning, for that would not be profitable to you [either].

One of the most important things in your walk with God is biblical submission to godly leadership. When we choose to submit to spiritual leadership in our life, it becomes profitable to us. Not doing so means we will not fully experience all that God desires to bless us with (that would not be profitable to you). The first key thing in doing so is to know that we are connected with a godly leader He has provided for us.

The way we know we have the right spiritual leader comes from the Holy Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we have found that leader. We must not make this choice based on our mind or our flesh. We must know in our hearts (our spirit man) this is the right person. You will have this witness when you first hear them preach. Jesus said in John 10:4 you will know their voice. When you connect with the right leader you will also have the witness of the scriptures that they teach sound doctrine, not their own opinion. They don’t tickle your ears; they speak the Truth.

Once you have found that leader you must realize you are not submitting to that person, but the gift Jesus gave them to teach you the Word of God. To submit to that gift means when you are taught the Word, you become a doer of that Word, and James says you will be blessed. In submitting to the gift of that spiritual leader, you are submitting to Jesus. Choosing to not do what you are taught will only hurt your life, for you are rejecting the Lord Himself who is that Word of God (John 1:14), and that would not be profitable for you.

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