Recovery Christian Center Daily Meditation - 9/3/12 - Spiritual Accountability
"But you, dear friends, must build each other up in your most holy faith, pray in the power of the Holy Spirit, and await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will bring you eternal life. In this way, you will keep yourselves safe in God’s love. And you must show mercy to those whose faith is wavering. Rescue others by snatching them from the flames of judgment. Show mercy to still others, but do so with great caution, hating the sins that contaminate their lives." Jude 1:20-23 NLT
One of the hardest things for folk in Christ and in recovery to do is to be accountable and to hold others accountable for our and their actions. However, the ability to own up when we are wrong and be transparent with our faults is key to strengthening our relationship with God, with ourselves and with others. All of our awareness of God and ourselves must be put into practice. We talk about our issues openly with our support system and we willingly look at the suggestions they give us because we know if God put them in our lives then He is going to work through them to help us.
We also have to be willing to loving pull others up as well. Most folk won't let someone walk off a cliff without trying to warn them and maybe if they ignore the warning try to stop them and even rescue them before they fall. We need to be willing to do the same thing for folk spiritually. We have a responsibility not to ignore someone God has placed in our life when we see them on a self destructive path. Sometimes folk will heed a simple verbal warning that the cliff is ahead and others may need to be snatched back from the edge of the abyss. Either way we try our best simply because God snatched us back.
"But you, dear friends, must build each other up in your most holy faith, pray in the power of the Holy Spirit, and await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will bring you eternal life. In this way, you will keep yourselves safe in God’s love. And you must show mercy to those whose faith is wavering. Rescue others by snatching them from the flames of judgment. Show mercy to still others, but do so with great caution, hating the sins that contaminate their lives." Jude 1:20-23 NLT
One of the hardest things for folk in Christ and in recovery to do is to be accountable and to hold others accountable for our and their actions. However, the ability to own up when we are wrong and be transparent with our faults is key to strengthening our relationship with God, with ourselves and with others. All of our awareness of God and ourselves must be put into practice. We talk about our issues openly with our support system and we willingly look at the suggestions they give us because we know if God put them in our lives then He is going to work through them to help us.
We also have to be willing to loving pull others up as well. Most folk won't let someone walk off a cliff without trying to warn them and maybe if they ignore the warning try to stop them and even rescue them before they fall. We need to be willing to do the same thing for folk spiritually. We have a responsibility not to ignore someone God has placed in our life when we see them on a self destructive path. Sometimes folk will heed a simple verbal warning that the cliff is ahead and others may need to be snatched back from the edge of the abyss. Either way we try our best simply because God snatched us back.
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