Last night while sitting under conviction for not praying for my leader the Lord spoke something else into my spirit. Most church people would consider the "leaders" to be the pastors, but lets break it down to a personal level. We most definitely need to pray for our pastors, but we also need to pray for the other leader in our lives.
Who are these other leaders? They are your small group (cell group) leaders at church. They are your bosses and supervisors. They are your teachers. They are your children's teachers. They are your coaches and your kid's coaches. They are your husbands (Ephesians 5:22)! You might not agree with what these leaders in your life are doing. You might not even like some of these people, but have you prayed for them lately? Have you interceded for them in their position as leaders, or have you grumbled griped and complained about how they do their job? Have you even recognized these people as leaders? Do you respect their authority over you, or do you consistently undermine their authority in front of other?
Here comes the conviction again. I am guilty of grumbling, griping, and complaining rather than covering them with prayer. Jesus did not get along with the religious leaders of His time, but He also did not undermine them. The Bible says that Jesus came to fulfill the law not to destroy it (Matthew 5:17). Jesus was submissive to authority and in Ephesians 5: 21 we learn the we are to be subject to one another. What it all boils down to is keeping our big mouths shut and praying earnestly for our leader no matter how insignificant they seem to be. They have been placed in authority over us. Pray for and respect them!
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