I know I have
taught on this before, but when Deb asked me to do a
teaching on accountability, God brought this to mind
immediately. It has to do with three monkeys - and me
- and you.
My
grandmother had a figurine that sat on a shelf hanging on
her wall. It was three monkeys - one was covering his
ears, one was covering his eyes, and the other was covering
his mouth. It was to represent the old saying, "Hear
no evil, See no evil, Speak no evil." As a child, I
was fascinated by it and would repeatedly ask my grandma to
tell me about it. However, through the years I forgot
about the monkeys, until God reminded me of it to use as an
illustration in a teaching I was doing. And as always,
it turned into a case of where the teacher probably learned
more than the students!
God used that
little statue to let me know there were times when I was
listening to things that were not of Him, that I was
watching things that were not godly, and that I was speaking
things that were not bringing Him the glory. Ouch!
That one left a mark!
So, you're
asking, what has this got to do with accountability?
Well, let's bring accountability down to the "nitty-gritty".
In simple terms, accountability means nothing more than "Am
I doing the things that Christ requires of me?"
