How to recognize competence and true authority?

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I just asked God this question and am now bringing it up to you. How do you know whether someone is competent? Talk to God, asking Him to enlighten you before you even think of responding to this question. I am going to be focusing on asking God how to recognize competency and ability in people, and who has actual authority in what they say. Can we all ask God to let us recognize who are the persons He has given knowledge, competence and authority in whatever areas they work in? Socrates was able to expose incompetence of people who proclaimed themselves as authorities, but never actually gave an example of true authority. This had to wait until Jesus Christ “who taught as one having authority, and not as the Scribes and pharisees”. Also, my question is “What authority do I have?” Can you ask God to reveal to me what authority I have on earth to do His will and to teach His wisdom or knowledge or whatnot. I think each of us throughout the world, needs to know what authority God has specifically given to each of us as individual persons, and stick to that authority and not try to impose ourselves through boundaries where God has not given us any authority to intervene, and to submit trustingly to authority which has rightly been placed over us while recognizing instruments of false authority whom God has not given that power or competence. But ask God to help us listen to His authoritative in the Church and in our hearts, as He deems to pour it out.

God bless you all,
Joshua
 
Lord God, open our minds and the mind of Joshua so that we can recognize true authority and competence in ourselves and in others. AMEN.
 
Lord, we are our brothers’ keepers, help us to do everything within our power to keep our brothers from falling into hell. If we are parents, may our authority be over our children and may we do everything to get them into heaven; if we are husbands, may we have authority over our wives and do everything to be Christ to/for them; if we are leaders, may we have authority in the domain appointed to us and be faithful to you with all our thoughts, words and actions. May Joshua and all of us obey all lawful authority - and when faced with people who are incompetent but hold authority over us - may we pray for them and help them to know the truth. Thank you, Lord, for hearing my prayer.
 
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