No More Excuses!

"And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat." (Genesis 3:12-13).

    Since the beginning of time, people have been offering excuses for wrong doing. We are always trying to blame someone or something else for our mistakes and sins. Adam blamed Eve, and Eve blamed the serpent. It is the same today. Someone blames someone else and they blame another. The cycle never ends. We make excuses why we don't pray, study the Word, attend church, or help others. We make excuses why we fail, make mistakes, get angry, get bitter, hold grudges, or any other sin. We are good at making excuses, and not good at being accountable and taking responsibility for our actions.

     "Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man," (Romans 2:1).

      God did not accept Adam's excuse; and He didn't accept Eve's excuse. He won't accept our excuses either. All throughout Scripture, people offered excuses to God, but it did them no good.

"And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue."  (Exodus 4:10).

      Moses offered excuses to God as to why he couldn't fulfill the call on his life to deliver the children of Israel from Pharaoh's bondage. He offered several excuses; and for each excuse offered, God came back with a reason why his excuse was null and void. Moses had no choice but to obey.

"Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak." (Jeremiah 1:6-7).

      God had called Jeremiah to minister to the people, and Jeremiah felt he couldn't do it. He offered an excuse to the Lord, and just like with Moses, God did not accept it. When God asks us to do something, He enables us to accomplish it. We don't accomplish it in our own strength anyway; it's by His strength and power that we do anything.

     The devil will offer us many excuses that sound good and make sense at the time. He will give us any excuse to avoid doing what God says. God gives us every opportunity to obey. When we disobey, we are cursed. When we obey, we are blessed. It's that simple. 

"I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."                   (Philippians 4:13). 

"for without me ye can do nothing." (John 15:5).

     These Scriptures tell us that through Christ, we can do whatever we need to do; but without Him, we can't do anything. So, if we are going in His strength, then He will not allow us to fail. We should not fear or worry. We should do what He calls us to do without offering excuses as to why we can't. He wouldn't ask us to do something if He knew we couldn't do it. 

     So, the days of making excuses are over. No more making excuses for our sins. No more excuses for failing to obey. No more excuses for neglecting God and His Word. No more excuses for ignoring His voice. No more excuses for breaking His commandments. No more excuses. 

     Today is the day to stop sinning, stop disobeying, stop making excuses. Start taking responsibility for your actions, start obeying and walking in faith to fulfill God's call on your life. 

     When we stand before God on Judgement day, will we be full of excuses? Will we blame everyone else for not obeying God? No matter who or what we blame, the responsibility rests on each of us individually. Determine today that the excuses will stop now. Jesus said...

"And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?"         (Luke 6:46).