Scripture to Read: 1 Timothy 2:13
We have been unpacking God’s design of authority in His way. Today we read 1 Timothy 2:13, and though the verse is short, it comes loaded with much more of God’s Truth. In reality, we can see in 1 Timothy 2:13 that the main reason God placed man as the authority in the home and the church is that man was created first. Adam, the first man, was created before Eve, the first woman. God also gave man authority on the earth as we read in Genesis 1:26, “Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.’” The first command God gave Adam is found in Genesis 2:16-17 “The Lord God commanded the man, saying, ‘From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; 17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die.’” So, we read that God gave Adam his command, and God gave Adam his authority. Eve, on the other hand, received both her command and authority from Adam. God gave Adam the responsibility to lead Eve and teach Eve everything God had taught to him. With authority comes great responsibility and God does not want us to forget this truth.
Challenge & Application
1. What did God teach you today about Him giving man his command and his authority?
2. How are you walking in the commands of our Lord and using the authority God has given to you?
Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!