How to Increase Your Spiritual Authority

Authority is one of our favorite subjects to teach about. Particularly because there is significant confusion regarding this subject in the Body of Christ. Biblical clarity and truth are fundamental pillars if we want to see change and breakthrough. For example, it is important to understand that there are different areas of authority—authority over yourself, authority over finances, authority over demons, authority over sickness and disease, authority over regions or nations, and authority to overthrow the strong man of a nation.Therefore He said: “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return. So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Do business till I come.’ But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We will not have this man to reign over us.’“

And so it was that when he returned, having received the kingdom, he then commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. Then came the first, saying, ‘Master, your mina has earned ten minas.’ And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.’ And the second came, saying, ‘Master, your mina has earned five minas.’ Likewise he said to him, ‘You also be over five cities’” (Luke 19:12-19).The parable Jesus uses here is a perfect picture of how to attain authority in the kingdom of God.

We see here ten servants received one mina each. Each of the servants received a certain measure of authority—the authority over one mina. This was the realm of authority that was entrusted to them simply because they were servants in the house of their master. The same applies to us. Simply due to the fact that we are children of God and cohabitants in the house of God, we have authority and administration over certain areas.

Now let’s have a closer look at this parable: Later the master returned and asked what each servant had done with that mina. The first came to him and returned ten minas to him. Immediately the master increased the realm of authority of this servant. He said that he had been a good administrator and a good steward in his dimension of authority. Therefore, his realm of authority would now increase. He then received authority over ten cities! Please note that he did not have the authority over these cities from the beginning. They were a result of his faithfulness, his administration, and his commitment.This servant could have declared Philippians 4:13 about himself for years: “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me,” thinking and believing it would give him authority over his city. However, he would have misled himself, because he clearly did not have that authority yet. True authority over cities, regions, and nations is not gained by salvation; it is a result of faithful stewardship. God observes what we do with the realm of authority that has been assigned to us. We only receive more authority if we handle our given authority well. Increasing in authority clearly is a process!

True authority over cities, regions, and nations is not gained by salvation; it is a result of faithful stewardship.

Jesus saying in Mark 9:23 that “All things are possible to him who believes” does not mean that we are immediately capable of doing everything only because we believe it. It means we can acquire all things the Gospel calls us to do. This does not exclude going through the necessary processes, but it encourages us to walk the required distance.Psalms 119:160 says that the sum of the Word of God is the truth. We need to know and understand the Word of God in its fullness to access more areas of truth and understanding. We cannot retrieve and single out individual scriptures and more or less ignore the rest. Because the sum, the total computation of His Word is the key for breakthroughs of all kinds. We need to apply biblical processes to receive an increasing measure of authority. We have the confidence and promises that assure us that we will reach our goal by many encouraging scriptures.We see from these examples that we must walk through a process of growth to step into the fullness of our promises.