When we choose of our own volition to submit ourselves to the spiritual authority over us,it reflects humility and submission (which God always honours). James 4:6 says that ‘God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.’ The Bible is clear that those who are in leadership will be held to a higher standard and we come under their spiritual covering over us when we humbly submit to the authority God has entrusted to them (knowing God will hold them accountable for their actions).