Putting confidence in an unreliable person in times of trouble is like chewing gum with a broken tooth or walking on a lame foot
Proverbs 25:19
This scripture reminds me of the importance of accountability and how much I don’t like letting people down. I want to be someone who is reliable, dependable and a person of their word.
I also don’t like relying on certain people too much for things because people can let you down sometimes…
When I’m held accountable I feel like I can’t let the person down. If I’ve told someone I’m going to do something and they take note of it, I’m more likely to do it. Even if what I’m doing is actually for me, as in to benefit me, if I’m held accountable there’s a higher chance I will do it.
Everyone won’t help you
When I share certain things about myself with people I take note of how they respond. Not everyone you share things with will care or even listen. It’s all about discernment because not everyone will get you. Not everyone is for you, and yet you still have to love them anyway…
You can’t expect everyone to see and cheer on your vision
Patrice Washington
Not everyone has the same mind and heart as you – when I really deeped this it seriously changed how I view people. Some people don’t even have the capacity to understand your vision. But that is actually okay. As long as you know that God gave you the vision, it shouldn’t matter what people have to say as your validation doesn’t come from them.
I really do love sharing things with my people because I know they genuinely care and will hold me accountable, even when I don’t like it. I’m just thinking listen: go away, go away, go away, go away, mind your business, mind your business, mind your business, mind your business.
I honestly can’t underestimate the importance of accountability. Let’s take this website for example: don’t even ask me why it took me so long to complete. But thank God I finally did it, thanks to those who held me accountable.
The importance of an accountability partner
Sometimes, you might not even realise you need someone to hold you accountable. Nathan in the Bible was an amazing accountability partner for David when David did a madting with Bathsheba. Long story short: David slept with Bathsheba, got her pregnant, and then had her husband killed.
So, Nathan being a good friend, was even sent by the LORD to David, and told him about himself and how what he did was wrong (2 Samuel 12:1-12). So, as well as having people to encourage you, check up on you, and speak life into you, you need people who will tell you about yourself and correct you.
In order to have people who will correct you, you need to let people into your life. You need to let people into your struggles, your vision and how you’re really feeling.
It’s bigger than me
Having accountability reminds me that whatever I’m doing is so much more than me. Just think about the lives that could be changed or the destinies attached to whatever it is that you’re doing. You can literally link everything back to people.
Above all, we are accountable to God and we will all have to give an account of ourselves to Him (Romans 14:12). Like in the parable of the talents in Matthew 25:14-30, I want to use everything God has given me for His glory and to serve others. I will not let fear hold me back from doing what God has called me to do as I want to hear, “ good and faithful servant”.
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Redefining Wealth – Vision Doesn’t Need Validation
