Matthew IV
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.”(Matthew 28:18 ESV)
Who’s the Boss
Poor Denethor, from The Lord of the Rings trilogy. He, and his ancestors back for twenty-six generations, served basically as Kings of Gondor… but everyone knew they were officially only Stewards.
Everyone but Denethor, that is.
He had only the authority that had been delegated to his family hundreds of years earlier. But he wanted to be king. More than that, he thought of himself as king. He thought he was the boss.
We are in Denethor’s boat. We have authority. In some place or another, everyone has authority. We get to tell someone what to do. Even if it is only the dog.
But we have no authority other than what King Jesus has delegated to us. He was given all authority by His Father… and He has passed some of it on to us.
But He is the boss, not us.
And it is a good thing. I am reminded daily, in every area of authority that I have been given, that I am a poor steward.
But Jesus is a great receiver of the Father’s delegation… as well as a great delegator.
But let’s remember that we are stewards… not bosses.