Coincidence? I think not

I'm reading Joshua Harris' book Not Even a Hint and by the grace of God Josh has returned us this morning to our theme of accountibility.

From page 133:
Alone, isolated, and without accountability, [we become] the perfect target for temptation. Our enemy goes after people who have isolated themselves from other Christians. Stragglers make easy victims. Without other people to encourage them, watch out for them, and confront small compromise in their lives, they often end up drifting into serious sin.

From Paul:
Think of a herd of wildebeasts on the African plains. They are constantly being followed by lions and hyennas. Who are those predators looking for? The weak; be they young, old, or sick. Those predators do not waste their energies on the others. So, the herd is there to protect. Did you know that a giraff can actually kick your head off? Think about what a herd of giraffs can do. But when you seperate that one young, old, or sick giraff from the herd then it becomes dinner.

I believe we who make up the church should always find ourselves in one of two positions: either seeking the protection of the church in our weaknesses through accountibility and confession or seeking to protect those in the church through accountibility and confession. Again, this is impossible without relationships.

Go out there, gather the herd around you, and kick the head off of the sin that so easily entangles.