Are you Accountable? Titus

The question of accountability comes up at the place I fellowship often. In fact, I get called out often from the men and leaders in my life for not being consistent and various other Patrickism's. I'm not one to stay focused on things very long. It is my personality and desire to find the next challenge and cool thing to be a part of. However, when it comes to being held accountable my radical desires and personality don't fit very well with the consistency of accountability. Sometimes it is important to stop and make sure I have my motives and gaze set upon Jesus in all I am doing in this busy life. That is where the accountability comes in and says "Patrick stop and focus". I am thankful for my accountability partners that I have in my life from the Lord. Even though I'm still all over the place there is one area that is more consistent then any other in my life because of the accountability from my leadership, and that is my devotion, desire and intimacy with my King Jesus. 

Titus is a book of encouragement to a church leader by a church leader to hold the people in the body of Christ accountable. So, the question to you is, "are you being held accountable"? Who is asking you the hard questions that make you squirm in your chair and blush with embarrassment? Who? Is it your Pastor? Is it your mentor? We (believers) have been commissioned by God to be pure and have a pure heart and not be a believer in word only but in deed. Titus 1:15-16.  Those that claim to know God and deny Him by the way they live are anything but saved. Accountability challenges us to obedience. When we are called to account for our disobedience it should move us toward the cross of Christ and repentance, so that God can empower us through his Holy Spirit to be obedient to the point of death if need be for the name of Christ. So, again, are you accountable? To who? If you don't have a person in your life trully holding you accountable, one that will ask you the same questions Jesus is asking you through His word, then you are blind to having your heart made like that of Jesus'. I know if someone is accountable or not because their life screams Jesus. Their is an intimacy and sacrifice of life and time by that person to spend time with Jesus everyday at the expense of sleep, family, personal time, work, etc. everything else takes a backseat in life to time spent with Jesus.

Well that is a nice philosophy on how to live for Jesus Pastor Patrick but I live in the real world and have to work and take care of family and look after the interest of my future. Yes that is the worlds way of doing things. Do you spend time, real time, with Jesus everyday? If you are doing nothing but making excuses as to why you don't have time then you don't have time not to spend time with Jesus. Before you blink it will be to late and life is over. Accountability will make sure you are on the straight and narrow road that Jesus said you must be on. 

Read the short book of Titus and have a very blessed day

Pastor Patrick