GOD'S accountability

this past weekend was a great one when it came to discussing GOD with other friends. one of my friends said something that i keep thinking about over and over again; you are only accountable to GOD. for most of us we don't realize, or even think that every word and every action is accountable to GOD. what we do in this life will be questioned by HIM.

i'm going to have a lot of explaining to do; a lot. on more than one occasion i have chosen to worry about what my family and friends would think over what GOD was telling me to do. that fear of hurting someone, or just disappointing them weighed heavily on my heart and mind. we always talk about holding each other accountable in our actions, but what about our accountability to GOD. praying is when you find out what HE is holding you accountable to. we can pray for the things we want in life, but GOD usually gives us what really need.

what's happening in the world today i believe is because we needed to be awakened from our sleep. in every industry, every nation, every home, and every government we are being awakened to what our actions have done. i just read a quote by ronald reagan that said "if we forget we are a nation under GOD, than we will be a nation no more." we have forgotten - all of us. we are not a prosperous nation because of our material goods, because the reality is most us don't even own those goods because we are in debt. we were once a prosperous nation because we never forgot that we were a nation under GOD.

here's the way i see it, individuals that are offended by scripture, or hearing the name GOD are just really trying to figure out a way to get out of HIS judgement. we don't hear what we are doing that is wrong. we don't want to know that our actions are going to be questioned. for those that say they don't believe i ask you the question then; in your heart and your mind do you really feel like you're going to escape that accountability?

i never thought that i would be held accountable to HIM in my actions. i really don't even know if i believed enough that HE was there for a long time. for years i chose to bury things about myself that disgusted me instead of facing them head on. HE gave me something that i did not want and i would have to deal with; MS. this disease has made me lay out everything that i was doing to myself that was hurting me. i couldn't escape it anymore.

i've written posts about my marriage and our rocky times over the last year. both of us had to do something for each other that neither one of us wanted to do, but we had to do it because it was interfering with our relationship. we have made a promise to GOD that we would live by HIS rules in our home and HE held us accountable for it no matter how hard it was. mine was my husband telling me that on a problem was going to be solved whether i liked it or not, or my husband would leave. his was from a man that we respect that is a pastor at our church that basically said if you don't follow what scripture has told you, you won't have a wife. harsh realities for both us; GOD's accountability to our promise of marriage.

i am selfish in the sense that i won't let things come in between my husband and i. i am spoiled because i have such a beautiful life that i want for nothing. i have been so blessed so far even in my greatest trials, because i was willing to be held by HIS accountability. that took me a long time to understand about my relationship with CHRIST. i am still learning from scripture and HIM. you may be going through hell right now, but sit back and take a moment to be silent. listen to the voice that is telling what you need to do to overcome it. it may be hardest thing you ever done, but the result will be your greatest blessing because you've learned to endure.

"No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it." 1 corinthians 10:13