Power is not a bad thing. It’s what we do with power that matters.
All parents wield tremendous influence over the lives of our children. This is one reason that the Gospel of Jesus is so necessary. If we don’t know how to use what has been given to us, we will burn down the world and all that is in it. The Gospel is God’s way of fixing what we have damaged and of saying, through Jesus, “this is how it is done. This is what being an image bearer looks like.”
“This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to Him!” Matthew 17:5