Do you respect those in authority over you? Your parents, your grandparents, your choir director, your Sunday school teacher, your college professor, your boss at work?
One important thing to respect is our authorities' time. My direct authority is my husband; therefore, I do everything within my power to make sure that when he is home from work, I can spend time with him...I make sure I have the meals ready on time for him...I make sure his clothes are ready for work or church so he can get out the door on time...I do what I want to do while he is at work so that when he is home, I can do what he wants to do.
Do you respect your authority's time? When your dad asks you to be ready at 9:30 to go somewhere, are you ready and waiting by 9:28? When it's time for something at church to happen, whether it be a music practice, choir rehearsal, or the church service, are you there before it starts? When Pastor opens the Word to preach to us, are you giving an attentive ear to the preaching time? Do you heed the schedule for your classes each day?
"Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you." ~ Hebrews 13:17
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Bible Reading: Proverbs 10, Jude (another one-chapter book :)
Authority in our lives is a precious gift from God for our own safety's sake. Learning a sweet attitude of submission as a young lady will make submitting to a husband's authority less difficult. A husband's leadership is a treasure, and being under his authority is definitely not meant to be a hardship but, rather, a priceless gift. It has been said that if you want to see how a young man will treat his wife, watch the way he treats his mother. The same can be said of a young lady with her father; and, for that matter, any God-given authority.
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