Take Responsibility

 "The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree and I ate."  

                                                                                           Genesis 3:12   NKJV

There appears to be two generations that stick out above the rest:

The 'Me' generation  This group of people run on self-centredness. They are self-focused and only see their own goals in life. No one else seems to have a say in their life. They are out to please themselves.

The 'Blame' generation  This group of people take no responsibility for their actions but, blame others when things go wrong or when they're caught out. RT Kendall describes these in one of his books: 'they shrink responsibility and attach fault to anything and anyone but themselves.' Totally Forgiving Ourselves. 2007 RT Kendall, Hodder & Stoughton  

We only have to look at the third chapel of Genesis 3:12-14, to see blame in action. As we know, the serpent tempted Eve to pick and eat the forbidden fruit. Now at this stage, she had committed no sin. Many of us are tempted; even Jesus was, 'For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathise with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin' Hebrews 4:15. Jesus was tempted but didn't fall to the temptation. We can be tempted but if we don't accept it, it is not sin. At this stage, Eve was only tempted but, when she picked and ate the fruit, sin entered in.

But look at the problem she caused; Adam told God that the reason he ate the fruit was basically His fault for giving Eve to him in the first place. Eve in return blamed the serpent. Neither of them accepted responsibility; they had guilt because they knew they were naked and had hidden in the garden, yet that was all. It is the same in our world today; we are living in an age where many people have no guilt at all. Many appear to act in their own best interests - self-centred and self-satisfied. 

Whatever happens, let us avoid the 'Blame game' and take responsibility for our actions. The 'Me' generation and 'Blame' generation operate in our world today but, we don't have to accept it. Jesus never blames us, let us therefore, do likewise and avoid pointing the finger and passing the blame elsewhere, by taking responsibility.

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