The Divine Nature of Accountability

A free lunch is never the Lord’s standard. It’s the exception.

But the Great Deceiver is busy handing out meal tickets. The menu includes a savory blend of heavenly promises, seasoned with just the perfect amount of truth in order to make them appetizing.

And there’s no shortage of takers.

Because demanding accountable behavior is a hard sell, so it must be concealed in the red herring that’s served in congregational sermons and teaching today. Assemblies have become membership recruiting facilities, sharing a gospel with no strings attached—except for the financial ones, of course.

But accountability still continues to raise its ugly head, for it’s no less an essential attribute of our Lord than love itself.

It’s His nature. That’s why the very first institution He created was individual responsibility. [see: Gen. 2:15-17] He provided the first man, Adam, with a sphere of responsibility consisting of work and moral accountability. And the solemn nature of the man’s task was tempered with the means to accomplish it, a limitation, and a warning of death.

If I choose not to be accountable when I should, I’m letting down more than my family, friends and community. I’m not just thwarting the intentions of our Lord’s Divine Nature, I’m also desecrating them.

Wake up.

The Father of Lies watches the righteous man like a hawk, ready to pounce at just the right time—that moment he lets his guard down. Your dad was right. If something sounds too good to be true, it usually is.

Are you toiling in Jesus Christ’s fields or sitting in His soup kitchen?

For the harvest is near, and the work is plenty.