Responsibility

Think back to the last time you got in trouble for anything. In that situation did you try to get out of it by placing the blame on someone else? I know for me that answer is yes. As humans we are constantly trying to put the blame off ourselves but, we are in good company here. In Genesis 3:12-13 Adam and Eve have just been caught eating from the forbidden tree and when God asks them about it they play the blame game. take a look. "The man answered "That woman, the one you gave me, gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it." Then the Lord God asked the woman, "What have you done?" "The snake deceived me, and I ate," The woman answered." This was my devo this morning from the God Girl book and let me tell you it hit me hard. I never take responsibility for myself. A lot of the time I blame the devil and while yes he does tempt me, I am the one that gives into temptation because I know I shouldn't cuss but, occasionally one pops into my head and I know I should respect my parents yet I still find myself yelling at them. There are more things I do that I know I shouldn't but here's the deal, I never once said "dang I messed up", I always say things like "That devil messes me up" but the reality is I did all those things. I messed up and I need to take responsibility. Owning up to your sins and asking for forgiveness is the very thing that brings us closer to God and being close to him is my greatest desire so, starting today I will no longer be blaming anyone but myself for my slip ups. I know this will be hard but, I'm going to pray my way through it so that I don't put any space between me and my Abba.