No invoke command functionality?

Is it intentional that an invoked command runs differently from a normally called command?

Invoke("CmdDoStuff", 0.5f);

Either does not run on the server or it runs without the proper authority.

From calling,

CmdDoStuff();

Directly.

My work around was to do:

Invoke("StartDoCmd", 0.5f);

Void StartDoCmd(){
CmdDoStuff();
}

It just seems really odd to have to do it in a roundabout way like this.