God has dropped in my spirit that this is the “year of accountability.” When he said “year” he did not mean a calendar year or a solar year, but it is as the “year of the Lord” is indicated in the bible. Our “year of accountability” spans until God says it is over!
Everyone feels in his own mind that they do not have to report, explain, answer or justify anything that they do not want to or have to do. We see it in marriages, in politics, on the job and, sadly, in the body of Christ.
This spirit has been in the Earth realm since the book of Genesis 3:12. When God was looking for Adam in the “cool of the day,” Adam replied that he hid from him because he was naked. When God saw what Adam and Eve had done, he asked Adam why did he eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil?
Adam’s lack of accountability made Eve “the excuse” for his disobedience and transgression by saying “it was the woman you gave me.” This spirit has been interwoven into the psyche of man ever since.
It makes one think what is in their mind that causes people to always think the fault always lie with others, not realizing it could very well be that God’s perfect will is not operating in their life. I used to think that it was some type of disorder, but when God recently spoke to me about Adam and Eve and the forbidden tree and fruit, I realized the spirit of “excuse” derived from sin that was committed in the garden.
We use explanations like “this happened to me because of …”; “I don’t go to church because of…”; I didn’t pay my tithes because of …”; I didn’t get good grades because of…; I didn’t apologize because of…” Every one of us can add something from our experiences behind the dotted lines as “the excuse” we used that justified our disobedience.
However, this time, we need to be honest and take an introspective look within ourselves and come clean before God for forgiveness, restoration, healing and deliverance. No longer should we say because of this person or that one, or this thing or that, is why I didn’t do better.
