WWhat do accountable people all have in common? One thing is, they love for their works to be seen.
Gary, if I may interrupt, may I ask a question?
Of course, LORD, ask away.
What average people throw their life away?
All of us do, at least in some regard.
Well, if that’s the case, then this is how I see it. You don’t throw your life away when you’re a Christian. I am Life.
So then, in a follow-up answer to your question, “What average people throw their life away,” I’d have to say unbelievers. Does that make more sense?
Yes, that is exactly the correct answer.
God, since you’ve taken an interest, what do you think about accountability? Is that a good question?
Yes, and I have a good answer. Accountability is what you have to the cross.
We are accountable when we nail those sins to the cross? I thought Jesus paid the price for those sins.
No, what I am saying is that you are no longer accountable.
Well, I believe that, but people at church say they need accountability because it helps them do better.
To that I would respond, ‘You need one another, that’s true, and there is value in exhortation, that is true, but I am the Way. Don’t you think that if there was a better way, we would have explored it together?’
No, because there is only You; the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
If that’s the case, if I am ‘The Way,’ then why would people think that it’s important to be accountable to one another, rather than me?
Why are those things mutually exclusive? Why can’t I be accountable to others and God?
Gideon, with his vast army, couldn’t go into battle with his soldiers because there were too many and man would have stolen the credit away from God.
In accountability, it’s similar, you hold yourself to another’s standards and people who are willing to come to me and confess still have a hard time talking to their accountability partner. It’s like they want someone harsh in their lives to point out their faults so they can pull themselves up by their bootstraps and get busy; often times in ways I wouldn’t even suggest they proceed.
What are your suggestions on doing what’s right?
Listening to me; through prayer, devotion, and fasting. Confess your sins one to another… that’s not just one-sided. It involves friendship.
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