[And it also says, Isa. 8:14, that He would be], "A stone that people would stumble over and a rock over which they would trip and fall." The way they stumble is by disobeying the Gospel message. They were destined [though not forced] to do this.

Do not act as dictators over the people you are assigned to care for, but [rather] serve as examples of how they ought to live.

May God have total authority over everything [including your circumstances] forever. May it be so.