"WHO DID IT?"

“What happened here,” the mother says. The reply comes; “she did it!” And another one comes; “no, she did it!!” Ah yes, the age-old mystery!! Being the mother of more than one child I have heard that phrase at least a million times if I’ve heard it once!! That’s the most frustrating answer in all of time if you ask me. If you’re not standing right there when the offense occurs how do you know truly “who did it?” (Some of you are shaking your head right now because you know exactly what I’m talking about!!) It’s obvious one of the two is not telling the truth. One of them did it, but neither of them wants to take the blame. And then as the conversation continues you hear; “well, she made me do it!” We, as human beings, have the uncanny ability to shift the blame everywhere but where it belongs: on ourselves! We don’t want to take responsibility for our actions. We don’t like to admit that we’ve done wrong, so we come up with every excuse we can find for the wrong we’ve done or are doing. Admitting wrongdoing might call us to a higher level of accountability and make us live above reproach. What it boils down to is we simply just won’t own up to our “sins!” When you find yourself not wanting to take responsibility for something, it’s usually a “sin” problem. No one wants anyone else to know that they have sinned, but we do. It’s a fact of life!! The Bible says so in Romans 3:23: “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Unfortunately, those who do not want to take the blame for their sin say they have none, which the Bible also plainly disputes……..”if we say we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves” (1 John 1:8) and make God a liar and His Word is not in us!!! (1John 1:10) It’s far easier to shift the blame to something or someone else. We push it to the back of our minds or put it on the back burner so to speak. As Christians we need to be aware of the fact that one day those things will be clearly exposed. It would be better for us to deal with it now, own up to it, repent from it and live with a clear conscience so we can serve God wholeheartedly. Our kingdom work will be hindered if we don’t!! I personally don’t ever want anything to stand in the way of me serving my Lord and believe me; I have done some pretty awful things! I’ve tried to own up to as many as I know to be my fault, but I’ve also played the blame game many times. However, God always without fail, calls me on it and I have no choice but to make it right. It’s not always easy and sometimes it’s quite painful and calls us to do things in a different way than we want to, but if we expect God’s blessings to continue in our lives, it’s a must. If there’s something you’re dealing with and trying to push it off on someone else, it’s time to do something about it on your own before God does it for you! It’s much easier to own up to it on your own than to have your faults exposed by a Holy God! Take your faults to the one who can fix them!!! The “blame game” has existed from the beginning of time! Remember in the Garden when Adam “blamed” it on Eve!!??” God knew then who did it and He knows now. It’s an ancient sin with the same fix. Where would we be if Christ had played the blame game? Fortunately for our sake He didn’t do that. He took the blame for something that truly was not His fault and He bore our shame on Calvary’s cross. There’s nothing to hard for Him so take it to the foot of the cross, leave it there and start fresh and anew!

“Can one say about anything, "Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.”
Ecclesiastes 1:10