Respect those in authority.

Follow your orders.

Don’t question your superiors.

Obey your parents.

Trust your government.

Submit to your church leaders.

What kind of feelings do those phrases elicit in your heart?

If you're like most of us, you may have a negative - even traumatic - emotional response to such commands.

And for good reason. We have seen our government, our law enforcement, our teachers, our parents, our spouses and even our church leaders abuse their authority and use their power to harm others.

But did you know that the abuse of authority is rooted first in a refusal to submit?

Did you know that those who are the most eager to exercise their authority are often the ones most "submitted to" and "enslaved by" the brokenness of this world?