Excercising Authority

God has been speaking to me a lot about my identity as a son and as a spiritual father. Today I read about Elijah and how he spoke out in faith with authority to Ahab and the widow. When I think about authority, it's usually a picture of correcting an error. But the Lord showed me something different today. He isn't calling me to be overbearing or mean. I can exercise authority for positive things over my life, my family and the people around me.