How should you and I practice accountability? When I hear the word ‘accountable’, I get a legalistic confinement feel. I sense a rebellious resisting response to someone trying to hold me to whatever standards are expected. However I think I’ve had the wrong view of what James and Paul were teaching. Our sense of community, love, and concern for each other are far more important than worrying about toeing the line. We miss the point of loving God with our whole selves and loving others if we are worried about measuring up. God will take care of the outcomes if we are living toward others. I need to stop being the warden and start being the encourager.
“Being a member of a church means so much more than standing next to someone else and singing some songs once a week. Being a member of a church means realizing that we are responsible for helping the brothers and sisters around us to grow as disciples of Jesus. In the same way, they are responsible for helping us. We desperately need each other in the daily fight to follow Christ in a world that’s full of sin.” - David Platt, Follow Me: A Call to Die. A Call to Live.
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