Are you auditable?
Currently I am at the Caribe Royale Resort and conference hotel in Orlando Florida where my employer (KPMG) has graciously decided to send me for two weeks of intensive training. It is here where I will I begin my experience as an auditor. Training has been really rough so far (well, it officially hasn't started yet). Right now I am standing at a makeshift cyber cafe outside the Grand Sierra ballroom writing this post. I did this after I slept in until 10 AM local time. I slept in a large suite where I had a queen sized bed all to myself. I retired last night after taking a leisurely swim in the "fantasy pool."
Training has been rough so far.
Auditing. A lot of people wonder what exactly it is. They think of the IRS or Enron or Aurthur Anderson or the current "Big 4." But what is auditing really? (Allow me to get really nerdy and boring on you for a second.) Companies have financial statements that basically say- this is the stuff we own, this is how much we owe (balance sheet), others that say- this is how much we made and spent this year as long as many others. What we in the auditing profession due is go to the companies that hire us to audit them and verify that their financial statements are correct. And if they are not, we whip out our red pens and lay down the proverbial accounting smack on them. (Well, more emphasis on the accounting than the smack.)
Anyways, as I was just thinking of auditing I was thinking, what would it be like for my life to be audited. If God were the "auditor" of my life (which, He is actually a lot more than that as far as the analogy goes but whatever).
Would I measure up?
I think of the verses in Psalm 139:23-24 where David asks the Lord to search him and see if there was any hurtful way in him (that's "out of balance" in the accounting world). David wanted the Lord to look at his life and show him what was wrong not for the sake of simply pointing it out but so that He would be able to "lead him in the way everlasting." Do you and I beg the Lord to show us what is not right in our lives in the hopes that we will be better able to live for Him?
Anyways, that is a little of what I have been thinking about.
Oh, one other thing about training -everyone gets soaked (and I don't mean in the pool). Pray for me that God will help me to take advantage of the opportunities I have to be a witness for Him.
B.Blakey
posted by Bill Blakey at 8:24 AM
7 Comments:
Billy,
It's been some time since you posted! I'm glad to see you back, though, even if it's a month later! Great reminder that God is essentially the auditor (judge) of our life, and that ultimately he will decide whether we are "out of balance" like you said. Good thing we have Christ's perfect record!
Wow... the blogosphere is really huge, isn't it? How's it going, Billy? This is Adam Cummings, from Hotchkiss Lower Back. Hopefully, I'll be checking your blog every now and then when I get time. lol... Brad Smith found me on Challies, gave me his blog, I went to his blog, and I found yours. Anyway, it's a great looking site. Keep it up! Drop by mine if you ever get the chance and leave some thoughts: www.calvinism.blogspot.com Man, blogging is truly on the rise. Talk at you later, Billy!
When I was in the banking business it was always a scary time when the auditors would show up. However I learned that the auditors were normal people, many of them were really quite nice. They were just doing their job. I came to realize that if we did our job we had nothing to fear from the auditors. In fact, you could even receive praise from the auditors for doing a good job. So it is with the Lord. He has judged our sins in Christ and He does not relate to us as a referee but as our Father. He disciplines us when we stray, and praises us when we follow. Thanks for the good analogy, Bill. I trust that you will have many opportunities to glorify your Father in heaven as others observe your good works.
Great analogy between accounting and our spiritual lives. Hope you have a great two weeks, learn much that will help you in your professional life, and live in a way that pleases the Lord.
Bill, What a return you have made to the blogosphere! Obviously people are still checking your site, even a month later! Only the patriarch could pull something like that off! Thanks for this post not only letting us know what you are up to, but also spiritually encouraging and challenging us as well. Hope you enjoy the water slide!
(Hi to you, too, Billy... lol) Tyler Flower has been here? Oh my... *trembles as he remembers Tyler in his fearsome football uniform*
I am a Mom. I'm glad there are accountants at KPMG with your point of view. Thanks.
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