Who holds you accountable? (Devo #59)

Who holds you accountable?

I remember being back in college and I had a close friend who was training for the Olympics. She was one of the most disciplined people that I knew. She inspired me to want to get in shape and she was the best person for the job of holding me accountable.

We talked all the time and trained together almost everyday. It was easy to be accountable to her because we both still lived our own lives but yet I looked up to her and respected her.

Who holds you accountable?

Growing up in the church, you will find that accountability partners are a big thing. Having a person that holds you accountable with your habits, your faith, your relationships. It was like the idea of having a Godly mentor or someone that you respected enough to be honest with and be challenged by.

It is one of the most important things we can do as a Christian, finding someone who holds us accountable. We all need someone we can trust and be honest with, confess our mistakes and shortcomings with, receive prayer and wise advice from, and be encouraged and inspired by.

Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results. James 5:16

The Bible tells us that we grow and heal in life when we are honest about our struggles and pray for each other. Who doesn’t want someone like that in their life?!

Sometimes it’s best to have someone that’s not a family member or spouse to be the one to hold you accountable. You want someone where you can already see the fruit in their lives. Someone who inspires you or you know will challenge you. Someone you can call at any time to pray for you. Someone that can be objective, whereas a family member is already all up in your business. It’s healthy to have a perspective other than your family.

It may be another married couple that you and your spouse hang out with from church. It may be someone slightly or much older than you that inspires you. It may be a close friend that you’ve noticed is living the life that God has called them to live.

I tend to be drawn towards married women who are older than me but are similar in their faith and personality. Women I can be myself and be honest with, that I’m not afraid to ask for help or prayer from. Women who I can see are living the Godly life I want to live myself.

We need accountability. And if you don’t have that as a Christian, your growth will be stunted. It’s hard to do everything by yourself. Life wasn’t meant to be walked alone. Who else will hold you to a higher standard?

We need healthy standards and a level of integrity, a safe place to voice our struggles, someone to pray with us, someone to correct us and speak encouragement over us. And then we also need to be doing that for other people.

Maybe you already have someone in mind that you can ask or meet up with weekly. Maybe you need to join a small group at church and meet some people. Maybe you need to get over your fear of sharing hard parts of your life so that you can heal.

Whatever your story, don’t walk alone… You were never meant to do life by yourself. Accountability will open up doors of growth and healing for you. I’m a walking testimony of it.

So, who holds you accountable?

Response Questions
1. What stops you from be accountable to someone?
2. Who can you think of, that would be a good Godly person to stay accountable to?

Pray with me!
Father God, I want to be all that you’ve called me to be. Help me to find the perfect person that can be an accountability partner for me. I want to grow and I want to be challenged to live out my calling. Put people in my life that will hold me accountable and encourage me as I pursue you.
In Jesus’ name, amen.

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