Archive for September 4th, 2009

We all know the story of Noah’s Ark and how the animals were saved in pairs (of course that was unclean animals and he took more of the clean but that is a different blog) from the great flood.  Well today I was able to walk into an ark with a christian brother as we sat and shared our lives in an act of accountability.  We discussed our actions, thoughts, motives, and results.  We discussed our family time, ministry time, devotion time, and all of the other things that we faced or battled through the last 7 days.  It is our time to be real, to be broken, and to hold each other to a higher standard.

It is so important as a CHRISTian to find someone of the same gender that you can trust, communicate with, and confide in to share your failures and your successes.   The need to openly discuss our sin is one of the first steps in defeating that hold that the devil may have on our life or ministry.  We can not successfully truly be close to God while still holding on to sin that is not surrendered over to God.  We must repent and protect ourself from failure by finding that Ark.  Remember that not only did God use a ark for Noah and his family but also for moses.  When moses was a baby God had his mother place him in an ark (basket) so that pharaohs daughter would find him and protect him from being murdered.  God has provided us an ark from a life that is constantly impeded by sin…that ark is the act of accountability.  I urge you as a pastor and as a brother in Christ to find someone that you can love and trust to confide in.  Someone that will see you through Christ’s eyes and not judge you for your failures but through scripture help you to overcome those obstacles in your life.  There is no reason to tread water by yourself when God has provided somewhere safe to go.  So 2×2; stand strong and stand firm on the promises of God.

God Bless ~ Pastor Tyler