Heb 13:17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
The word rule there means, according to Strong, "to lead, that is command (with official authority)"
I don't know how in the cat hair you are getting around that one.