Monday, January 24, 2011

accountability...

Ok, so I can't blog on a regular basis...
ask my friends, I don't do much on a regular basis, its my personality!! *we can thank Beth for that nugget, now I have proof!!!! lol...It gives me freedom to explain, anyway!!

This blog is about accountability....
I don't know why this is so UP in my spirit, but it is....

CHRISTIAN people... then they become "FRIENDS"....
"FRIENDS" that are NOT following the path they are supposed to take....
AND WE KNOW IT, YOU KNOW IT, and yet....
NO ONE, does a thing...
not one blegged thing....(southern word gotta love it)..

why not?
Why DO we settle for the "norm" of the world?? IN our churches, our families, our finances, our relationships, this list goes on, and on and on....

"Not MY problem"...OH REALLY?  How about being accountable one to another in the bible? 

"We are supposed to act out of "love", not "rebuke"....."WELL, who said act like a horses patuubee!!??? (another me word)...

No one.. Jesus is, the final judge.. Not us.. It didn't say JUDGE THEM..
IT SAID HOLD ONE ANOTHER ACCOUNTABLE...
Bring it to light.. What is done in the dark remains in the dark until it is brought, thrown, or drug into the LIGHT....and it WILL BE...
Yet, until then, we sit by why our "FRIENDS" marriages crumble, separate, they lose their homes, their jobs, friendships, relationships dissapate, while we sit smugly knowing things, and yet feeling either superior or afraid to say anything, QUIET...

I have seen this in the church.. the church where the HOLY SPIRIT is alive, and GODLY counsel is so up the organizational flow chart that mere, "friend" counsel, would be a welcomed intervention.. At least you can turn the light on..

Most people acting in the dark, honestly don't think that others know, or can see what is happening...sometimes, they don't really want to behave the way they are, but aren't or can't stop it...(the lies of the enemy)...  But the Holy Spirit reveals Himself to what is OF HIM and what is NOT of HIM... So if you are filled with the HOLY SPIRIT, you WILL pick up on others, and their "situations" if God so allows.

THEN , what should you do? Well, we are NOT JESUS, nor are we the HOLY SPIRIT... therefore it is not our role to judge or rebuke.. I believe that true "ACCOUNTABILITY", is to bring into the light whatever the HOLY SPIRIT is telling you to do.  In  LOVE..  yes, that is correct, you heard it.. LOVE...
woohoooo ..!!!! That takes the sting out, the "ah-ha" you are not wanting to admit and the confrontation or loss you are afraid of experiencing.. IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU... remember that...

FEAR is not from GOD...IT is the enemy.

Isolation of problems, situations and self,  is also a major major tool of the evil one.  HE ISOLATES US, gets us to sin, walk away on a path that is not Godly, and we are misled, convince ourselves that its is ok, where a mere word from a "FRIEND", "FAMILY", "LOVED ONE", could give more love to us, and expose any lies the enemy is pouring on like syryp, so so sweetly...  One word in love can change all of that, and then the accountability is then shifted to the one who has received the word.....not you... it is not our responsibility to go further other than love and support if asked to....

Without ACCOUNTABILITY, we are able to do WHAT we want, WHEN we want, without fear or reverance of any alignment or retribution, until the enemy decides to expose us and hurt us all further...

Bottom line: Step in where God leads you to.  "You do not have to worry about what to say, HE will give it to you"... Make sure your own heart is right and the only emotion you are feeling is LOVE.... not  judgement, not critism, not anger...Pray up before you show up!!!

LOVE CONQUERS ALL....but if it's not allowed out to be seen or used, then we are indeed, HELPING the enemy conquer what is most dear to us...

We are called to be disciples.. They were not particulary "politically correct"..  They gave words that God would have them share, after prayer and knowledge of any intervention needed. They realized others issues had nothing to do with them personally, it was a way GOD could speak to those being misled, through them.

Sometimes, the beginning of the "crooked path straight", is us....  Speaking or action in love, bringing it into the light, then allow those involved to carry it from there..

GOD IS LOVE, but HE REQUIRES ALL OF YOU.  We are the ones, "ACCOUNTABLE" to Christ.. Listen, pray and then act in love... but for goodness sake, don't ignore what GOD puts upon you to do.  Jesus first, others second, yourself last...