Matthew 7:3 (New International Version)
3"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?
Who’s Fault is It?
Today’s message in the music comes from Jamie Foxx’s new hit song “Blame It”. In the song he gives a girl he met at a club, permission to do whatever she wants to do, and then tells her to blame it on the alcohol. The girl is most likely worrying about what he will think of her in the morning, so he tries to calm her fears by telling her “it’s just the alcohol”.
In our lives we all have “an alcohol” we would love to continue to blame our behaviors and choices on, but now is the time we stand up and take blame for our own decisions. These past few months of my life I’ve been going through this process of personal ownership, and it’s not an easy road to travel on, but its making me a better person. A stronger woman and an even greater mother. It’s giving me the strength to turn my weaknesses into a witness and the ability to transform my faults into my future.
For so long I had blamed my first husband for not having my degree yet, but the truth is I should have went straight to college after high school but I didn’t. I blamed Kelly for not being married and pregnant with my second child by now, but the truth is I should have gotten out of that relationship so much sooner than I did. He was not dragging me along with him, I just wouldn’t let go. I’m grateful for the experiences I’ve went through in my life, but I’m learning that not all life lessons are from God’s doing, sometimes they are from lack of allowing God to do it.
Today as we begin a new week, let’s begin to take blame for our own actions so that we may begin to change. If you drink, it’s because you choose to, and not because your dad use to all the time. If you cheat, it’s because you choose to, and not because all men are dogs. If you lie, it’s because you choose to, and not because you don’t want to hurt someone. The bible says that IF we are in Christ the old things have pasted away, so if you’re still doing it the way you use to……………………maybe Christ is not IN you. In the words of Ice Cube……..Check yourself, before you wreck yourself.
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