Divine Accountability

OT: Nehemiah 13
NT:

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Nehemiah 13:14 — Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out what I have so faithfully done for the house of my God and its services.

Do you have an accountability partner? Someone who watches out for you and holds you to a higher standard than you hold yourself? For some people, that partner is their spouse. For others it is a best friend. Still others have a pastor or teacher as an accountability partner. For Nehemiah, it was God. Three times in the final chapter of his memoirs, the godly governor calls on the Lord His God to remember the deeds he has done. What Nehemiah had done was execute justice in the land and govern with wisdom. He threw out the dirty rotten scoundrels from their places of power and rebuked the people who had intermarried with foreigners. For these zealous deeds, he pleaded for the Lord's notice. The Lord was to hold Nehemiah accountable for his actions.

We are all ultimately accountable to the Lord. God the Father is the Great Judge who will decide the fates of all who have drawn breath on this earth. For those found to be in Christ, eternal life and bliss awaits. For those who rejected Christ, eternal damnation is their destination. But what about the things we do in our day-to-day lives? Seeing God as an accountability partner can revolutionize the way you do things in the here and now. If you are doing things with the knowledge that God is watching you, wanting to help you, and correcting you when you go astray, you will start to do things for God. He will be the One you desire to please and, thus, you will do your acts of service with Him in mind. It's divine accountability.

Be God's.