White washed walls.

Acts 23

1 "Then Paul, looking earnestly at the council, said, “Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.” 2 And the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth. 3 Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! For you sit to judge me according to the law, and do you command me to be struck contrary to the law?” 4 And those who stood by said, “Do you revile God’s high priest?” 5 Then Paul said, “I did not know, brethren, that he was the high priest; for it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’"

I was reading this passage about Paul and was reminded of the many 'people' that may be around us that we may consider to be 'whitewashed walls'. Is it a government leader, that pastor of that mega church, that prophet, those people from church in authority over you? Do we not realise that people ONLY stand in places of authority because the Lord you God keeps them there?



You may not respect the person, but we are certainly called to respect the positions of authority that God places, and keeps men and women in. Paul when he realised his mistake was greatly humbled and realised that he had made a grave mistake..... not so much against the man he offended, but the position of authority this man held.



Again I say, men and women only hold places of authority because the Lord keeps them there, for whatever reason.Either He is God or He is not? Either way do not limit your view to the key hole of life that you look through, but rather submit yourself to the 'eagle-eye' God view and allow God to be God, praying all the while that HIS will be done on earth as it is in heaven.