YOUR AUTHORITY

"The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself." - Thales

When Christian Hester was governor of Massachusetts, he was running hard for a second term in office. One day, after a busy morning chasing votes (and no lunch) he arrived at a church barbecue. It was late afternoon and Herter was famished. As He moved down the serving line, he held out his plate to the woman serving chicken. She put a piece on his plate and turned to the next person in line.

"Excuse me," Herter said, "do you mind if I have another piece of chicken?"
"Sorry," the woman replied. "I'm supposed to give one piece of chicken to each person."
"But I'm starved," the governor said.
"Sorry," the woman said again. "Only one to a customer."
Governor Herter was a modest and unassuming man, but he decided that this time he would throw a little weight around.
"Do you know who I am?" he said. "I am the governor of this state."
"Do you know who I am?" the woman asked. "I'm the lady in charge of the chicken. Move along, mister."

Everyone has a domain,
and it's there our authority is useful, no one else but us can wield the power. Sun Tzu said "Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster." Herter was a governor, but the lady knew her domain. She understood her mandate, she wasn't going to allow herself to be intimidated, by anyone not even the governor. Do you know your authority in Christ Jesus? If not, ask Him to reveal it to you. You can't afford to be intimidated.