This year has been an interesting one no doubt.

Are we commanded to completely trust our leaders in Scripture?

Are we ever told we "must trust them for them to lead us" or is that just a cultural flow?

What does the Bible ACTUALLY say?

TT is trying to have my mind wired by the Book not the block.

Psalm 146:3 says "Don't put your trust in human leaders; no human being can save you."

Psalm 118...most likely written by a King....a leader, David:

⁸ It is better to take refuge in the Lord
    than to trust in humans.
⁹ It is better to take refuge in the Lord
    than to trust in princes.

King Jesus is only One I see that we are called to TRUST.

There is only One we can completely trust.

Man will fail us. We can't put our complete trust in people. That's not our mandate. Our mandate is to put our trust in our Lord. (Proverbs 3:5-6)

So what DOES the Bible say about human leaders?

1. We pray for them. (1 Timothy 2:1-2)

2. Submit to governing authorities. (Romans 13:5)

3. Honor them. (1 Peter 2:17)

4. Obey your leaders. (Hebrews 13:17)

Where in the Bible were the disciples and others not submitting, honoring or obeying?

When it was contrary to God's word and His story.

Not submitting: Daniel (read chapter 3) would not bow or defile himself.

Not obeying: Exodus 1:17 "The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live."

Acts 5:29 "But Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than any human authority" as they spoke to the religious leaders.

When it compromised the gospel, they were going to jail. (Acts 12)

When all the other prophets were lying to the King, Micaiah told the truth much to the King's dismay. (1 Kings 22)

Did David honor Saul's life? Yes. (1 Sam 24:6-7)

Did he trust Saul? Nope. 

He knew Saul was out to kill him so he fled. (1 Sam 18)

This isn't a blind, every leader gets submitted to, honored and obeyed. We must read the whole Bible and get the whole context. And always know you can pray....unless He tells you not to. (Jeremiah 7:16, 11:14, 14:11) Just reading the Bible folks and letting that write my narrative.