Accountability
I used to work out 3-4 times per week with a partner. At first, it’s fun and something new. Then you hit those days where you don’t really feel like going. My partner would always be there to say “Get up, it’s just a small bit of sacrifice and you’ll feel great”. He was always right and he got me to the gym. When he stopped going with me, I gradually stopped going myself, because there was no one there to tell me to get up on those days when I didn’t really feel like doing it or had a lot to do. After a while, my excuse was that I was just too out of shape to go to the gym!
This brings me to another important topic that I hinted on in a comment of the last post. Accountability. Should Christians have a partner that makes them accountable for things they have or haven’t done? As some of you may know, it’s been a few days since my last post and it really got me thinking about this. What if I had someone calling me or meeting me on a daily or weekly basis, asking me if I had met the goals we set last time we met? I think I’d be more apt to do the things I set out to do if I knew that someone was going to be asking me about them later. This person would have to be someone that you could bare your soul to, but at the same time, not let you off the hook when your getting lazy. This person would support you through mistakes, and work with you to get back on the right track. I like the idea, and will try my best to put it into practice this week. I always have big aspirations of what I’m going to do for God on Sunday, then Monday comes. Period. I think this will help me stay on track through the week to grow spiritually.
James 5:16
16Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
This is something all of us should practice and it is made evident in James 5:16. However, this is harder than you think just for the fact that we all mess up and don’t like being corrected. This is something I definately need to work on is saying “Hey I messed up” Anyway this is a very good topic to discuss. I am interested in seeing what the other people on the site think about it. See ya later.
1 Thessalonians 5:11
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
Hebrews 3:13
But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
Hebrews 10:25
Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
It is Biblical to encourage one another, to have an accountability partner.
[...] 1. Start with Yourself. I love the quote out of the book by Harry Firestone, “You get the best out of others, when you give the best of yourself.” Make sure your emotionally healthy and happy. The task at hand involves sharing this happiness with others and showing them Jesus through you and your actions. Remember that investing and inviting a peer will require accountability. [...]