Dear Creative, take accountability.
Take accountability for letting anyone convince you to bury your talents for God instead of using them to fish, when God’s Word says differently. (Matthew 25:14-30)
Take accountability for letting anyone convince you that walking onto a college campus pleased God more than walking into a dance class, a piano recital, or a recording session, when God’s Word says differently. (1 Peter 4:10)
Take accountability for letting anyone limit your fishing pool to 18-22 year olds instead of the kings of this age, when God’s Word says differently. (Proverbs 22:29)
Take accountability for letting anyone define “sold out” as giving up your dreams instead of baptizing them, when God’s Word says differently. (Exodus 35:30-36:2)
Take accountability for letting anyone limit how you glorify God to a ministry they knew how to lead and control, when God’s Word says differently. (1 Corinthians 10:31)
Take accountability for letting anyone convince you the only way to build the Kingdom of God was by building the campus of God, when God’s Word says differently. (1 Timothy 2:4)
Take accountability for letting anyone make you afraid to use your God-given gifts for your God-given purpose, when God’s Word says differently. (Matthew 10:28, Romans 12:6-8)
Overall, take accountability. Because know this.
Everything is a choice. (1 Corinthians 10:13)
Jesus didn’t even blame the people crucifying Him for His death. (Luke 23:34)
And though Jesus chose God’s will in the end, He acknowledged His free will not to. And it was GOD, not a human. (John 10:18)
The truth is that people can contribute to your choices but no one can force you to do anything. (Galatians 5:1)
Taking accountability for your actions - including how you allowed others to influence them - will empower you to change. (Acts 3:19, Deuteronomy 30:19)
And not taking accountability for past decisions leaves you bankrupt of the ability to account for future ones. (Proverbs 19:3, Hebrews 12:11)
It’s on you. What’s the move?
Love always,
Your Creative Sister