Who's Fault

In life we often try and point the finger at someone when things don't turn out the way we want. We look for a bad guy, a scapegoat that can ease our minds. This is true for all of us. No one is exempt.

Some times we try and blame God for our failures. Like Job we look to the sky and raise our hands and and say, "It's not my fault... God dealt me a bad hand... He must have it out for me... It's not fair. God shouldn't have let this bad thing happen to me!"

Other times, we try and blame the devil for our short comings. "The devil made me do it! It was him not me..." How many serial killers show up in court with that excuse? Sure, I believe in the enemy and his tricks... But who has blood on his hands?

Sometimes we find a villain that we can blame all of our disappointments on. I myself have wasted whole months of my life wallowing in self-pity because someone with a dark, cold heart was out to get me... That self-pity didn't make him go away and it didn't make anything better.

We look to these three ways out of admitting something that is OH so hard to spit out of our mouths... That maybe it's someone else's fault altogether.

How often do we look back and realize that it was truly us, that we might be to blame? It's true that God has stuck us in an imperfect world that is tainted by sin. It is also true that we can be swayed by the false promises of evil. We can be tricked to think that easy solutions might grant us real happiness but behind those lies is only disillusionment and pain. We can point a finger at others... friend that led us astray or enemies that tripped us up on our path... All of these excuses make us feel better... But they miss a key point. We make our own decisions. We are the boss of our own choices and our own actions. Others might pressure us. Others might whisper to us. But in the end, we make the misstep, we pull the trigger, we drop the ball.

It might make us feel better to pass the buck off on the devil... it might make us feel guilt--free by pinning culpability on God's world and the hand that was stacked against you... but in the end... We are to blame.

The more I think about that then more I am glad that I have a Friend that will take me back, hold me close and forgive me of my failures.

Take You Back

Jeremy Camp

I'll take you back always

Even when your fight is over now

I'll take you back

Even when the pain is coming through

I'll take you back