Wednesday, December 20, 2017

The power in accountability

This morning I reached out to one of my lifelong friends, Grant Zawadzki. Grant and I met when we were freshmen in high school when we started playing AAU together for All-Ohio Black. Grant is one of the realest dudes I know and he has always been there for me. I know that he is a true and real man of God, and will always be one of my best friends. 

The power in Accountability


The thing that carried me through this first semester of school was my accountability partners. They were there for me when I needed them the most.  Life is busy, sin is heavy and everything seems to happen so quickly. Having people to lean on in the midst of your life journey is extremely important for Christians. This is why God created us as relational beings. He never intended for us to do life alone; so we should stop trying to do so.  I believe this is why everyone needs accountability partners in their lives.

One of the best pieces of advice I got about accountability partners was this:
You should have 2 or 3 different accountability partners. First, you need to find someone that you are around quite often and that you completely trust. You will have to be vulnerable and transparent with each other; so finding someone trustworthy of keeping things confidential is essential. Second, you should find an accountability partner that has little-to-no connections to the people around you. This will help you feel more comfortable opening up about the more personal and secretive things that you have going on in your life.


You only get out of accountability what you put into it. If you are unwilling to be transparent with your accountability partner, then you will only be hurting yourself. James 5:16 says, “Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has a great power as it is working”.  As a follower of Christ, one thing we must continue to fight Satan on is the temptation to keep our sins a hidden secret. See, Satan has us right where he wants us when we are ashamed and embarrassed of our sins (ex. Adam and Eve hiding from God). For me, this was something that I struggled with this past semester and before I knew it sin had tied me down and labeled me a failure. It wasn’t until I went to my accountability partner and opened up with him about the things I was struggling with that I began to experience the love of Jesus again. I quickly realized that we as humans are not strong enough to fight sin and temptations on our own. We need other believers alongside of us going to battle through prayer and accountability. When we open up about our sins with each other and ask for their help we begin to break the chains of sin.

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