God is Blameless

Why am I still surprised? I should know how this will play out by now. I've seen it happen so many times in the past. Why, I've even done it myself!

Oh, I guess you're wondering what it is that I'm talking about. I'm talking about... the blame game! I hear it's going around a lot these days.

The blame game has been going on since the Garden of Eden, when God asked Adam if he had eaten from the Tree of Good and Evil.

What was Adam's response? All us women already KNOW the answer to that question. He blamed his woman!! ;) But have you ever noticed that it was God that ultimately got the blame. Let's take a look at that.

He said... "The woman that YOU gave to be with me..." (Gen. 3:12 ESV) In other words, *If you hadn't given me this woman, I wouldn't have sinned.

*This made me think about how one parent will get so frustrated with some trouble that their child has gotten into that they rant to the other parent saying, "You won't BELIEVE what YOUR CHILD just did!" Meaning, that's not my child. I blame you for this one. LOL... of course a few hours later we're bragging on our dear precious child that we're so proud of.

It has been my observation that when tragedy hits a child of God's life, they will generally react in one of two ways.

1) They'll throw their arms up in the air and scream, "Jesus, take the wheel," (or their own version of that) and allow God to fluff their faith. Benefits: Growing stronger in their faith and closer in their relationship to God.

or

2) They'll blame God. Benefits: None Likely Scenario: The person will allow bitterness to take them out of the game, becoming an ineffective Christian and putting distance between themselves and God.

For those who choose action number 2, I ask you this...

Is it right for one human to force their will on another? What kind of government has a leader that forces his will on his people? What kind of love would it be if a husband forced his wife to do his will or a wife manipulated her husband to do hers? What kind of parent would you be if you forced your will on your children, never letting them grow into their own thoughts and their own person.

Then why are you angry at a God who refuses to force His will on us? Why is He the first to blame when someone uses their free will to ruin other people's lives?

Our God is all knowing and all powerful, and is more than capable of making the best decisions for our lives, but He is also all loving and will never make us mindless drones to do as His will demands.

He's given you the best advice, He's laid out the best plan for His creation to be able to know true joy... in His Word.

His Word is eternal. It will NEVER CHANGE to fit your desires and it will never justify your sin.

There's a children's church song that I sang to all of Sunday School kids and my own children, that says,

It's me, it's me, it's me, Oh Lord, standing in the need of pryaer.

Not my brother, not my sister, but it's me, oh Lord, standing in the need of prayer.

It's something we adults need to be praying when we're faced with the temptation to start playing the blame game with God.

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This came from a post God had given me for Facebook. I have expounded on it for my blog readers. :)

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