Million Mighty Men

Okay, let’s shoot straight with each other. Without
accountability a lot of us will go places on the Internet that
undermine our spiritual growth. For some of us that means we search
out sexual images. Other guys log onto gambling sites where they
risk money they can’t afford to lose.
Jesus taught us to ask our heavenly Father to “lead us not into
temptation.” I take that to mean we should ask God to never allow us
to have the opportunity to sin when we have the inclination to sin.
While I can’t always control my inclinations, I can control the
opportunities I encounter. One way I do this on the Internet is
through an accountability system called Covenant Eyes. The name
Covenant Eyes refers to a passage in the book of Job in which Job
said, “I have made a covenant with my eyes that I will not look
lustfully on a girl” (Job 31:1).
The way the system works is that when you sign up, Covenant Eyes
keeps a non-erasable history of every site you visit on the
Internet. It then identifies “questionable” sites and periodically
emails the list to two accountability partners you’ve selected. I’ve
chosen my 20-year old son and my ministry partner at Million Mighty
Men.
Does it work? Let me ask you a question: Would you go to a
pornographic site if you knew your son or daughter would know about
it? Of course not! This system is effective because it takes the
secrecy out of Internet surfing. As a Mighty Man of God I want to
encourage you to check out Covenant Eyes. Remember, revival will
come one man one day at a time. That means we have to be aggressive
in guarding ourselves from opportunities to sin during moments of
weakness.
