Who is in Authority?
A few years ago, I conducted a Gospel meeting in Owingsville, KY. One of their song leaders is a black brother, a deputy sheriff. During one of the fellowship meals, I sat with him and his wife and visited. I asked him what were some misconceptions that the general public had about police work. One of the things he told me was that people do not understand that when a police officer is called and/or arrives on the scene, they have the authority. It might be your property, but a police officer has the authority while he is present.
I am reminded of that conversation when we see scenes in the news about police officers arresting people. The scenes that make the news seem to be the ones where white officers are arresting black teens. The most recent scene is from Texas where a white police officer is arresting a black teenage girl at a pool party that was reported to be in chaos.
The investigation is on-going as I write this. Maybe the officer did not follow proper protocol, maybe he did. But one thing that appears to me from the video I’ve seen is that the teenager in question (as well as the other people scene in these cases) are not submitting to the authority of the police officer(s) on the scene.
I suspect that, in accordance with the general population, too many teens are not taught to respect proper authority. Your parents may be like my parents were. If I got in trouble at school, I would get in trouble at home. Respect authority. Our family recently watched the new movie McFarland, USA (an excellent movie, by the way). In one scene, the mom is sending her sons off to school from picking in the fields early in the morning. Speaking in Spanish, subtitled in English, she says, “Respect your teachers!” Probably one of the major factors in that cross-country program being successful is because most of those boys were taught to respect their coach.
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We taught our girls, as our parents taught us, to respect their teachers and principal at school. We also taught them to pray for their teachers, their principal, as well as their school bus driver.
The principle of authority is a God-given, God-appointed, God-ordained principle. They exist in their respective domains (school, community, state, nation) “so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity” (1 Timothy 2:2).
Respect those who are in authority.
–Paul Holland
