Many of us see church related ministry as holy and worthy of our esteem and work related vocations as less than holy and certainly not as important in the Kingdom of God.
Serve in the true spirit of gelassenheit. Yield yourself to the will of God. Discover your gifts and abilities and use them to impact your world every time an opportunity presents itself.
Gelassenheit—abhorrence of individuality, selfishness and pride...seeking to emulate Jesus when he said, "Not my will but thine be done."
Choose the right basis for seeing (truth) and the right motive (God & others-oriented vs. self-oriented).
A person in spiritual authority does not have to insist on obedience—that is the moral responsibility of the follower.
Spiritual authority is never exercised for one’s own benefit, but for those under it.
People who are under God’s authority look for and recognize spiritual authority and willingly place themselves under it.
Rebellion against authority means that a person is not subjecting himself to God, though it may appear that the person is rejecting some impure manifestation of God’s authority through a human channel.