BLOGGER TEAM - DAVID - PRIDE

“Prideless accountability”

You'll soon see where I go with this.

So last week the Lord was really speaking to me about this particular area. I didn't think too much of it at first but I had realised that there were a number of confirmations that followed it. On one occasion it was my brother in Christ saying how we should always check up on each other to see how we are doing in our walk with Christ. Another occasion it was another brother in Christ who tweeted something which related to this 'thing'. This thing I'm referring to is ACCOUNTABILITY. For those that don't know what I mean by accountability, here's a brief definition below.

'Being responsible for one's actions'

And as Christians we are all accountable for each other in one way or another. For example, if a fellow Christian is struggling in a certain area of life, we should be that accountability partner that will help them to overcome their struggle. But David how does this relate to pride? Well I've understood that there are specific qualities that make you accountable. One of which is humility. And I feel it's so important to be humble whilst being accountable, otherwise next thing you know, you develop in a sense a 'holier than thou' mindset. This I believe could ultimately hinder your accountability partner to think that they can reach the spiritual level that you're at.

First I believe we got to understand that fellowship and accountability are two very distinct poles. I've known this particular verse to be used to explain fellowship but I personally believe it focuses on accountability.

"As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend."

Proverbs 27:17 NKJV

I feel like many of us believe that just being around the person you're aiming to be accountable for is accountability. No. That's fellowship. Accountability requires HUMBLE, SPIRITUAL ACTION, even to the depths of intercession. The scripture above illustrates action as iron SHARPENS, but yet some of us are blunt. I'm telling you guys, in order to be accountable we got to be humble enough to pray and press for our accountability partner. Or even to fast and turn down our plate with our accountability partner. Come on now. This verse really gripped me as it shows accountability and humility at work. Another verse that shows this is in the book of James.

"Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much."

James 5:16 NKJV

Confess your FAULTS to one another. How do you expect your accountability partner to even open up to you if pride is present? If faults reveal your weakness then surely pride will hold them back from being revealed. The last part of the verse says the effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. Again, we see that accountability requires humble action as you cannot be praying with a prideful heart.

So to wrap up, just know that we can't be prideful if we want to be accountable for our brethren. If you feel that you're being accountable with a prideful heart then pray that God will make you humble and decrease you so that your brethren can increase. Thank you for reading.