THE BLAME GAME

Life is how you make it. Nothing is so hard for us to achieve and neither is it simple. God has laid on our feet/ hands all the things we want. We see opportunities and we seize them and let others pass since we think we are not good enough. God did not create us as good enough, he created us in His own image and likeness. To you what does this mean? For me, i believe being in His own Image and likeness means that i am a perfection of God. I have the wisdom, the knowledge, the beauty, the understanding, the love, the kindness, the care of God, only if i believe it. God never created us at one point to suffer. Yes, suffering comes but how we choose to come out of it, is totally our decision, it is totally in our hands.

Recently, a very close friend of mine has been g through a lot of downs. He recently lost his job, his girlfriend, his life is not on the path that he would have wished it to be on. I have listened to him complain and blame God for all the bad things going on in his life. At one point he was really at it and all i could do was to squirm. I felt that my soul and heart were saying “no, you know this is not true, it is not God doing all this”. But he kept asking in return “if not God, then who?” i hate seeing my closest friends in pain. The way his beautiful brown eyes light up when he is happy, all was gone and replaced by pain, sorrow, grief and worry.

James 1:13-14
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempts he any man: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. The word of God clearly states that temptation is not from God, but from our own lust, Temptations are brought about by the longings of the flesh and not the spirit. Don’t do it for scripture declares that God tempts no one. As humans, we are tempted to sin when we are drawn away by our own desires. Yes, it is true that God test us but He does not tempt us to Sin. like with Abram and Isaac, He tempted him to sacrifice his only son but at no point did He let him commit murder.

One bible warrior that helps me stand strong, even when i am going through the worst of things in life is Job. Job lost everything; his children, his flock, his wealth, his name, his beauty but at no point did He blame God for what he was going through. His friends, his wife all told him to abandon God, to leave the God who was making him go through so much pain. Do you know what job’s response was? Job 1:20-21- Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped. 21 He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb and naked will I return there.The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”Job 13:15a-Though he slay me, yet will I trust in Him. What a beautiful response. A response from a true son of God.

Many are the times we fall in to sin knowing how wrong something is but still we hide behind God and assume that it is will. Never has it been the will of God for us to do something sinful and when it backfires we play the blame game. God is all knowing, an omnipresent, Omnipotent God. He shows you the outcome of a situation even before it happens, He makes you aware of things that are wrong and things that are right. He has given us he freedom of choice, so free that even when we choose to do the wrong thing, He never abandons us. He lets us walk in to darkness until we are ready to allow His will for us. God lets us have a choice, and unless we choose to walk with Him, he can’t make that choice for us.God has already chosen us in any case, all He waits for, is for Us to choose Him.

Be mindful of the questions you ask God when in anger.Romans 9:20 Who do you think you are to talk back to God like that? Can an object that was made say to its maker, “Why did you make me like this?” Be the person God expects you to be Galatians 6:5 Assume your own responsibility. Shine even in the darkest tribulations because Jesus is your strength. Be full of wisdom and Joy when everything else is troubling you. Resist the wickedness of the flesh, and adhere to voice of the holy spirit. The bible says that the holy spirit is a gentleman. He will not force Himself into your life in His fullness uninvited. He will fill you, but only if you ask Him to do so. In Luke 11:13, Jesus promises that God will give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him. And James 4:2 tells us that the reason we do not have certain things is that we do not ask for them. You are okay when you are alone, but with God, you a like a mountain, not even the biggest earthquakes or worst storms can break you down.

Just remember that 1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

1 Thessalonians 5:18 “Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

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