Stop blaming God for things Part 2

“Don’t point your finger at someone else and try to pass the blame!"   Hosea 4:4. NLT

Carrying on from yesterday, let's continue to look at the area of blaming God and other people. When someone else appears to be more prosperous and successful than you are, it can be easy to be envious and wonder why God hasn't given you what they have. It can be doubly hard when the people are not even believers and they are living the life while you may be scraping by and only just making it each week. This is called envy, which is closely related to jealousy. It can open up times when we may not voice our envious feeling to God but, He still knows about this and is not pleased with you, after all, He may be working on these people to bring them into the kingdom and, He may choose you to do the job. So watch your feelings!

Blame is a bad thing to have in our lives. It can start at a very young age where young children squabble over who plays with what toy. The toy may become broken because of it, and the blame game commences. Blame continues throughout our life where each person refuses to accept the blame, always pointing the finger at someone else. 

Let's take an average day. You wake up late for work and it's a mad dash in getting ready for work, dealing with the kids and any other ';must do it now' task. You dash out and drive off at a high speed. Along the way, traffic seems to be building up more than normal and this begins to raise your blood pressure adding to the stress that has built up. You finally get a clear road so you put your toe down to try and catch up on the time wasted. Too late, you drive through a speed camera and notice the flash of the camera in your rear mirror. You drive on, moaning and groaning about stupid people who put stupid cameras on the roads. 'Haven't they better things to do?' you shout out. You know it was your fault for driving too fast but, you refuse to admit it.

Finally, you drive into the car park next to where you work, only to find that there are no places available. After several moments of ranting and raving, you decide to park in a disabled bay, although you're not disabled. You run into the office and your boss is looking at his watch and you shout, 'Don't you even think about asking why I am late.' The rest of the morning is manageable, mostly because you ignore everyone there because they keep asking if you are all right. Finally, it's lunch time and you desire to drive to a supermarket to get something to eat. There is a clamp on one of your wheels and a sticker on the car with a telephone number on for you to ring, pay a fine and have the clamp removed. It is like armageddon in that park as you let your temper flow out.

The thing is, who is to blame here? Not the alarm clock that you forgot to set, Not your spouse or the kids who didn't really help you. Not even the traffic or the fact that you drove through a speed camera, not your boss for looking at his watch in a gesture to why you were late, not your work colleagues who were checking that you were ok and definitely not the wheel clamp man because you were illegally parked. The only one to blame here is yourself. No one else is responsible for your actions, so stop pointing the finger at other people.

Play back the video of your day and you will see where it all went wrong for you. Determine that you will never react in such a way like this again, repent and then get on with what's left of the day.

Copyright 2025 Grahame Howard. 

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Lord Jesus, I have sinned. I ask you to forgive me and be my Lord and Saviour. Please come into my heart, fill me with Your Spirit and give me a brand new start today. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
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