“It
is Nature's fault that I do not look
like a movie star.”
“It is my parent's
fault that I have personality issues.”
“It is the government's
fault that I can't pay my taxes.”
“It is society's
fault that I have a criminal record.”
“It is my children's
fault that I have to go to ‘Anger Management’”.
“It is my genetic
code's fault that I have a chemical dependency.”
Who Me?
We live in an age of non-responsibility. We have
No-Fault insurance, temporary insanity. And the list goes on. So what is the
meaning of all of this?
Is society really to blame? Is it my
parent’s entire fault, my spouse’s, my children’s? It is not a new concept. It
started in the Garden of Eden. Adam blamed Eve. Eve blamed the Serpent.
Interestedly, the Serpent seems to have taken the heat without trying to pin it
on someone else. (He did start it after all.) Since then, "the buck"
has never really stopped in any one place for very long.
There are a lot of theories about
why we act the way we do. Philosophers, psychologists, and even the common man
nursing a lukewarm cup of coffee have reasoned, puzzled and often talked in
circles about were the fault lies. As a
school teacher of over 25 years, I have seen and heard a wide range of reasons
and excuses for "why I did it". The longer I spend sorting them out,
the more I have come to realize that, the reason I am the way I am, is, except
for the better parts, ME.
With all the many ideas that are out
there today, were can someone find the truth? The world's basic philosophy is
that "truth is relative". If that is the case, then there is no real
truth, no standard, and ultimately no problem for anyone on which to place
blame. Yet the Bible says that God is Truth. If He is Truth, them why
does it seem so hard to comprehend what our responsibilities are?
As with most of the world's ills,
the problem stems from a distorted view of God's plan for the world and
mankind. We do not know His plan because we do not know His Word. We live in the
temporary as if it were eternal, and treat the eternal as if it doesn’t exist.
I must set the record straight here and now. It is by no means that I can say
that I have all of the answers. If Job had to say, "I'm shutting up
now" after God questioned him, how much more should I be wary of pride and
self-conceit!
I suppose that even the act of
writing a book could be thought of as a form of arrogance. To think that you
have something so important to say that everyone needs to read it is quite a
bold idea. Fortunately, since most of what I have to say has been given to me
by others, I think am safe in sharing it with others.
God Says....
So what do the Scriptures say about
my responsibility? Here are some questions to help you on your journey. But before
you go any farther, promise yourself two things:
1. You will accept God's truth about
your life, even if you don't like what He says.
2. You will do your best to live
according to the life changing light of his Word.
Who
Am I?
Whose
Am I?
What
Is My Duty?
For
What Am I Accountable?
What
Is My Future?
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