It is interesting that believers
hardly take responsibility for things we do wrong. In my opinion, it suggests a
measure of irresponsibility. It is often either the devil’s fault or another
person’s fault. What about you? You have the final say in any thing you do or
decision you make. We have gone too far with this attitude and it is costing
us. How can you ever make corrections that will lead you in the right direction
if it is never your fault that anything went wrong? Indeed there is a new thing
– “it is God’s fault”. Blaming God is a new one, it is done subtly and in the
most spiritual way – “the Lord did it so I can learn something from it”. No! He
didn’t. Your wrong decisions brought it upon you but the Lord in His mercy will
cause it to somehow work for your good.
1 Corinthians 3: 18
“stop deceiving yourselves. If you think you are wise by the world’s standards,
you need to become a fool to be truly wise.”
I like the saying – “to thyself,
be true”. It is time we begin to tell ourselves the truth otherwise we break a
hedge that eventually gives the devil room into our lives. We must carefully
evaluate every situation with a view to making required corrections that we may
go forward in life. I am by no means suggesting we blame ourselves for
everything, that is another extreme; neither am I suggesting we make our lives
hell because we made mistakes; no! The thing is to correct one’s self and then
move forward.
We need to ask ourselves the
critical question – would I have gotten a different result if I had acted
differently? If the answer is yes, then you owe it to yourself to accept some
responsibility for what happened. How can anybody change anything when they
always blame somebody else for whatever wrong they do? We need to correctly and
sincerely evaluate situations so we can see our errors and correct them. It is
our responsibility to ensure that we are transformed: changed to align with the
word of God.
Romans 12: 2a “Don’t
copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a
new person by changing the way you think.”
It always takes our faith being
tested for us to know whether or not we are changing; why blame the other
parties when you are the pot on the potter’s wheel. If you don’t see that those
are the potter’s instruments to smoothen the pots and make it more beautiful,
then you will keep fighting and blaming them for your pain. The instrument used
to take out the rough edges of cake before it is iced is not the cake’s problem
though it is the instrument inflicting the pain; there is a baker controlling
it. So why blame it? Maybe if you were a bit more calm and patient, the
smoothening will pass quickly and you can move on to the next level. But how
will you ever stay calm when all you are doing is blaming the instrument
through the process? If the cake is not properly smoothened, when iced, it will
look terrible. Is that what you want? There is no doubt it is painful but there
is an end in sight
Psalm 60: 8a “But Moab,
my washbasin….”
So knowing that the knife is like
Moab, a washbasin, are you ready to quit blaming others and evaluate situations
correctly?
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