It Seems so strange that authority would be connected to the Love walk. However, we must redefine the God Kind of love. God sees love as obedience in every area of life. Here is what Jesus said:
14 If you ask Me for anything in My name, I will do it. 15 If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. John 14:14,15.
We have to stretch ourselves into this position. It takes dedication and faithfulness to do what he is commanding us to do all the time. He was instructing his followers in the day he walk among them saying,
“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? Luke 6:46. The Lord expresses here that they don’t love him because they don’t obey. Well, what does that have to do with authority? Finish reading this passage in Luke 6:47-49
47I will show you what it’s like when someone comes to me, listens to my teaching, and then follows it. 48 It is like a person building a house who digs deep and lays the foundation on solid rock. When the floodwaters rise and break against that house, it stands firm because it is well built. 49 But anyone who hears and doesn’t obey is like a person who builds a house right on the ground, without a foundation. When the floods sweep down against that house, it will collapse into a heap of ruins.”
The Lord is not selfish where love is concerned, He will repay it. The only means of getting that authority into your hand and keeping you strong is through your obedience to Him in all things.