Understand Your Commission and Authority

Journal 2005 02 02
Understand Your Commission and Authority

One deer was harvested today. A deer in winter is living off its fat stores and any browse it can find. These are kinds of animals the men of the Corps are hunting for to get themselves through winter. Currently, they are eating dried meat that was harvested back in November.

Their Canadian visitor, Laroque, makes one last attempt to convince the Captains to allow him to make the journey west with them. The Captains again tell him no and he departs.

The Captains used the same reasoning and logic we should when making decisions. They were commissioned and authorized by the President of the United States of America. They were working under his delegated authority. Mr. Laroque was operating under designated authority of, ultimately, the Queen of England. Lewis and Clark came to the conclusion that the Canadian government and the British Crown were not to be included in their mission by Laroque’s representation. Theirs was an American mission and commission and would remain so.

Do we understand that we are commissioned and authorized under the delegated authority of the Kingdom of God? We are not to allow everyone who asks to tag along. We are not to divide command. We are not to bring into authority those who are not under the authority of the King of Kings. Nor are we to allow those who clearly represent competing kingdoms (read that as the kingdom of darkness) to volunteer to “help” us. People like that are usually called spies, saboteurs, traitors, or terrorists. This is a common tactic used by any enemy. Get agreement to tag along, to even “help”.

Don’t compromise and don’t succumb. A request is asking permission. Those in authority must use wisdom in administering it.