Our Human Blame Game – 1-17-10 Message
As humans, we have a tendency to blame other people when something in our lives go haywire or different than how we expected them to go. When you don’t get a grade on a paper that you expected to get, or you didn’t get the promotion at work, or maybe financial difficulties are present in your life and it is in these situations that we find ourselves playing the blame game. It can’t be MY fault!
Too often, when it comes to trials in our life we play the blame game with the God of the universe. We might say, “God, why did you give me this trial to deal with? Why am I the one that has this test?” And then when we respond sinfully to the trial, we want to blame God again. “God, I am so angry at you for letting me have this trial which I responded to in sin!” Too often, we live our lives not realizing that it is our sin, our own issues that push us towards evil, not the God of the universe.
God never pushes us towards sin. In fact, every action is always for our good. That can be tough to understand or swallow, but as we continue in James this next week, we will be talking about this truth. Trials strengthen our faith and give us the opportunity to give glory to God!
Text: James 1:9-18
