No One Ever Is To Blame

 It was my parents fault.  The doctor told me it was OK.   That preacher is unfriendly.  I’m just big boned.  The ref blew the call.  It’s all those food additives.  Someone must have sent me computer virus.  My clubs are old.  The sun was in my eyes.  Those teachers must not be doing their jobs.  They must have sent the wrong thing.  The dog ate my homework.  It must have got lost in the mail.  The elders upset me.  If I only had better players.  If we only had a better coach.  It the Demolicans (or Rebblicrats) fault.  It’s not my fault.  

Excuses.  Everyone has one.  Some excuses are good, some not so much.  Some excuses are valid.  Others not so much.  But let me tell you something:

No matter how good your excuse is it won’t do you any good.

  Your excuse won’t win you the game, get your assignment in on time, or correct your mistake.  It might get you some sympathy, get someone to take pity on you, get them off your back or allow you a second chance, but it won’t change history.  Excuses don’t change what happened, they don’t absolve you, and they don’t make what was wrong right.  All excuse do are make us forget that we are accountable for actions.  Blame doesn’t advance anything, it just tries to drag somebody else down with us.

  The Bible tells us something important in 2 Corinthians 5:10;

“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.”

  You may have an excuse. It may even be a “good” excuse but in the end won’t matter.  God will ask you to account for what YOU have done.  It won’t matter what the elders did, how the preacher was, who your parents were or anything else (Ezekiel 18:20).  Responsibility won’t fall on them, it will be on you.

  That’s why we need to not make excuses but seek to make things right.  When we find ourselves in error, rather than finding someone else to blame, let’s seek forgiveness.  Instead of trying to justify ourselves, let’s humble ourselves.  James 5:16 tells us, “Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed.”  This is an example of being told what to do that eliminates everything else.  Confess, don’t explain it away, don't make an excuse, or don’t blame someone else.  Take responsibility, seek forgiveness.  You can’t be forgiven of something that is “not your fault”.  Until we take up our sin, we can't have it taken away!