July 2018
We tackle common issues with prayer, our relationship with God, and, for mature believers, take you to a whole new level in your prayer life!
We tackle common issues with prayer, our relationship with God, and, for mature believers, take you to a whole new level in your prayer life!
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dle technology alone. You can’t<br />
handle what it is.<br />
I pride myself on having a<br />
strong work ethic and for being<br />
a self-starter. I’ve always<br />
enjoyed accomplishing a list of<br />
to-do’s–even adding things that<br />
I’ve already accomplished to a<br />
list just so I can cross them off.<br />
I recently re-took Tom Rath’s<br />
Strengths Finder survey, which<br />
had “achiever” at the top of my<br />
strengths list. Valedictorian of<br />
my high school class. Varsity<br />
athlete. Suma Cum Laude and<br />
Presidential Scholar in college.<br />
Learned a foreign language. Accomplished<br />
CPA and business<br />
advisor for Fortune 500 companies.<br />
Loving husband. Father of<br />
four amazing children.<br />
But, I was powerless against online<br />
pornography. For over a decade,<br />
it ruled me. And, for some<br />
of you younger readers, whether<br />
it’s your inability to take the perfect<br />
selfie, or your compulsion to<br />
keep the Snapstreak going, you<br />
too are powerless.<br />
In the book, The Disciple Making<br />
Pastor, Bill Hull writes about<br />
the need for accountability in<br />
the disciple-making process. He<br />
says, “To believe you can make<br />
disciples or develop true maturity<br />
in others without some form<br />
of accountability is like believing<br />
that you can raise children without<br />
discipline, run a company<br />
without rules, or lead an army<br />
without authority. Accountability<br />
is to the Great Commission what<br />
tracks are to trains.”<br />
Listen, I don’t have to obey God.<br />
I get to honor the God who sees<br />
me with every moment.<br />
I don’t have to guard my eyes<br />
from online filth. I get to honor<br />
the God who sees me and my<br />
family with every click.<br />
I don’t have to protect my heart<br />
from temptation. I get to choose<br />
a life of integrity because the<br />
God who sees me chose me before<br />
I ever looked His way.<br />
EL ROI–the God who sees me.<br />
Not keeping track of my wrongs.<br />
But, patiently waiting for me to<br />
choose right. As we read about<br />
in the story of the prodigal son,<br />
he’s a Father, maybe on his tiptoes<br />
with his hand over his eyes,<br />
scanning the horizon in hopeful<br />
anticipation of his son’s return,<br />
who takes off in a dead sprint to<br />
meet him at the first glimpse of<br />
him coming home.<br />
He’s on the lookout for men and<br />
women, teens and tweens, who<br />
are totally committed to him.<br />
Why? Because He wants to<br />
strengthen your heart, and build<br />
you up, and in a world of fear<br />
and chaos, turn you into a fearless<br />
man of strength. A warrior<br />
princess with courage. That’s<br />
the God who sees me. That’s the<br />
God who sees you.<br />
38 www.faithfilledfamily.com <strong>July</strong> <strong>2018</strong>
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