Jun 09 2009
No Hiding From God
I don’t mean to sound judgmental but do you ever get tired of listening to people blame everybody else for their problems? Let me tell you what happened to me recently in the Dominican Republic. Our car wouldn’t start and we were simply abandoned out in the middle of nowhere.
Why wouldn’t the car start? It wouldn’t start because Preston left the lights on and ran down the battery on the car. It really was his fault, but, I’ll be honest, I was the one who lost the keys to the car so it really didn’t matter that it wouldn’t start!
Preston and I looked at each other and realized that we were simply stuck. The car wouldn’t start, we didn’t have the keys to the car so we decided the best thing to do was go get a Coca-Cola and a cup of coffee and laugh about the situation.
Let me ask you, are you blaming someone other than yourself for the problems in your life? It takes far too much energy and time to play the “blame game.” If you have made some mistakes, simply admit them, correct them and move on.
We are assured in Proverbs 10:9 that there is no hiding from God. Our mistakes, shortcomings and failures may be hidden from others but never from the Lord. We read:
“The man of integrity walks securely, but he who takes crooked paths will be found out.”
No matter what you have done in the past and regardless of your current faults, if you are honest with yourself and others you stand a much better chance of being in right standing with God.