Obey Your Leaders

I'm supposed to obey my leaders, let them lead without making their job difficult. But like everything else, that's qualified - obedience to leaders is obedience to leaders who are leading toward God.

I was in an abusive church with corrupt leadership and I had to leave. This verse was used to keep me there. But real leadership is accountable to God.

Now I follow my pastor because I trust him. And I trust him because he's trustworthy. That's the actual basis for obedience.