Why do we often feel the need to blame someone for our predicament? We even
blame others for challenges we face which are consequences of our own errors.
It just must be somebody's fault and of course that person is not you. When we
even manage to admit we may have done wrong, it has to have been provoked by
some other person's wrong. Please, we must wake up to truth; it is time to take
responsibility for our lives. Stop looking for someone to blame for your
mistakes. Everybody makes mistakes so it does not make you any less a person.
John 9: 2 “Rabbi,” his disciples asked him, “why was this man born blind? Was it because of his own sins or his parents’ sins?”
I shudder to think how much lose we suffer as believers in trying to pass the buck. While we are busy trying to blame someone else for our mistakes and challenges, we lose time in resolving the problem. Sometimes, even when the problem appears to have been resolved, it reoccurs; because buck passing may make it impossible to get to appropriate root cause which would lead to an inappropriate solution. Furthermore, in passing the buck, you are giving another person greater say in your life than they ought to have. You are suggesting that you are waiting on them to resolve your issue: what if they refuse to do anything about it, will it remain unresolved? It is your life.
John 5: 6 & 7 "When Jesus saw him and knew he had been ill for a long time, he asked him, “Would you like to get well?” “I can’t, sir,” the sick man said, “for I have no one to put me into the pool when the water bubbles up. Someone else always gets there ahead of me.”
The truth is, discovering the culprit in a situation is only important to the extent that it helps resolve the problem. If it does not facilitate the resolution of the problem, then it becomes unimportant. When there is a problem, we need to focus on resolving it. Very often, after we have wasted all that time blaming someone else, we then find the problem is ours like Joshua and the children of Israel found out, after blaming God, that it was their fault they initially lost the battle with Ai. A good thing he did not argue with God but immediately took responsibility. Our Saviour unto whom we call is not interested in whose fault it is, He comes for the resolution of issues and is working out good for us even in that situation.
I believe satan likes us to play this blame game so that we lose time, which is to his advantage. It gives him time to make the problem more complex and difficult to resolve. Passing the buck is something children enjoy doing but as adult believers we must mature unto greatness. It is empowering to own responsibility for your life. If you keep passing the buck, you are giving room to other people to control your life. Jesus is Lord over your life which suggests that He has ultimate control over your life. That same Jesus is able to cause all things to work for our good. So stop wasting time looking for who to blame; the sooner it is fixed, the sooner you can move on.
John 9: 2 “Rabbi,” his disciples asked him, “why was this man born blind? Was it because of his own sins or his parents’ sins?”
I shudder to think how much lose we suffer as believers in trying to pass the buck. While we are busy trying to blame someone else for our mistakes and challenges, we lose time in resolving the problem. Sometimes, even when the problem appears to have been resolved, it reoccurs; because buck passing may make it impossible to get to appropriate root cause which would lead to an inappropriate solution. Furthermore, in passing the buck, you are giving another person greater say in your life than they ought to have. You are suggesting that you are waiting on them to resolve your issue: what if they refuse to do anything about it, will it remain unresolved? It is your life.
John 5: 6 & 7 "When Jesus saw him and knew he had been ill for a long time, he asked him, “Would you like to get well?” “I can’t, sir,” the sick man said, “for I have no one to put me into the pool when the water bubbles up. Someone else always gets there ahead of me.”
The truth is, discovering the culprit in a situation is only important to the extent that it helps resolve the problem. If it does not facilitate the resolution of the problem, then it becomes unimportant. When there is a problem, we need to focus on resolving it. Very often, after we have wasted all that time blaming someone else, we then find the problem is ours like Joshua and the children of Israel found out, after blaming God, that it was their fault they initially lost the battle with Ai. A good thing he did not argue with God but immediately took responsibility. Our Saviour unto whom we call is not interested in whose fault it is, He comes for the resolution of issues and is working out good for us even in that situation.
I believe satan likes us to play this blame game so that we lose time, which is to his advantage. It gives him time to make the problem more complex and difficult to resolve. Passing the buck is something children enjoy doing but as adult believers we must mature unto greatness. It is empowering to own responsibility for your life. If you keep passing the buck, you are giving room to other people to control your life. Jesus is Lord over your life which suggests that He has ultimate control over your life. That same Jesus is able to cause all things to work for our good. So stop wasting time looking for who to blame; the sooner it is fixed, the sooner you can move on.
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