Accountability - Divine Moments for Men

Accountability

MY QUESTION for GOD

How can accountability deepen my relationship with God?

A MOMENT with GOD

“Can anyone hide from me in a secret place? Am I not everywhere in all the heavens and earth?” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 23:24

You must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. . . . Do what is right and good in the Lord’s sight, so all will go well with you.

Deuteronomy 6:6-9, 18

To be accountable means you have to answer to someone. To be unaccountable means you freely go wherever your desires lead. Accountability is literally giving an account of yourself—where you’ve been, what you’ve been doing, what your motives were. The one who is holding you accountable has the freedom to ask for this account from you. The purpose of accountability is not to keep you from having fun but to help you enjoy life even more by preventing you from impulsively doing something that will hurt yourself or someone else. With the right person holding you accountable, you will make better decisions that will positively impact your future. You may not always like to be held accountable; you may think it puts too many restrictions on you. It forces you to open up the dark corners of your life that you’d prefer to keep hidden. But accountability will keep you honest, happy, and on the right path. It’s not always comfortable, but it’s necessary. Ultimately, accountability means answering to God. If you’re really going to take it seriously, you have to begin with God as your primary accountability partner. He knows all the secrets of your heart anyway, so why try to hide anything from him? Be honest with God, and tell him about your struggles. Follow his principles for living as found in the Bible. Then you’ll be less likely to do something you will later regret. You will better understand what you are doing and why you are doing it when you understand for whom you are doing it.

DIVINE PROMISE

You will always harvest what you plant.

Galatians 6:7