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Accountability in My Finances
by Joyce Shoemaker

Being accountable with my finances! Wow! What would that look like? Why should I be accountable? The word “accountable” means to be obliged and to acknowledge responsibility for my actions. What would oblige me to be responsible with my finances? I recognized I had to acknowledge responsibility for my actions. First I had to acknowledge that I wasn’t accountable and then I had to take personal responsibility for making the change.

Jesus emphasized accountability in the parable of the talents, in Matthew 25:14-30. Jesus taught very clearly on the subjects of accountability and stewardship.

In the Old Testament, Psalm 50:10 also validates that God owns everything, even the cattle on a thousand hills. We must be good stewards with what He has given us. As we are faithful and accountable with His resources, He will give us more.

I was not being a good steward with what I had. I was out of control with my spending and unaccountable. It was through the review process of becoming involved with the Financial Freedom in 7 Weeks Plus course, that God began to move me from being unaccountable in my spending to becoming accountable for my part of our marriage finances, and to radically change how I handled and viewed our finances.

Malachi 3:3-10 spoke to me about remaining accountable in order to ensure that God will rebuke the devourer and pour out a blessing even more abundant than I can imagine or contain! And it’s not a blessing that I can squander personally, but a blessing that then becomes a resource for my husband and me to use for God’s Kingdom and for His Glory!