Running......
I have a lesson Sunday that I am to teach. The name of the lesson is " Do You Play the "Blame Game"? At first I kinda snickered at the name of the lesson. Then I thought to myself. Lord, what is it that you are trying to tell me here? So I continued to read the lesson. I put it down and closed the book.
The week has been passing through and I know in the back of my head that I still need to read this lesson again and be prepared. I got the book out this morning and started to read it again.
The lesson starts out by talking about blaming others and not taking responsibilities for our own choices, responsibilities,avoiding situations and hard - to - like people. Look at Genesis 3:12-13. Talks about when Adam and Eve sinned. Adam blamed the woman (Eve). Adam saying " The woman in whom You gave me, gave me the fruit and I ate." Eve saying " The serpent outwitted me, and I ate." When I read that I thought to myself, neither one of them was honest and wanted to face the problem so they blamed each other.
God's nature is to confront the problem,issue,and deal with them head on. You never read or hear God blaming others for His choices and actions. Do you? As Christians we are to walk like Christ did. Be responsible and in hard situations deal with them and not sweep it under the rug.
Another example is Hagar in the Old Testament. We all know Hagar,an Egyptian, did not have a very nice life. She was the servant to Abram and Sarai. Sarai was not able to havechildren but she wanted Abram to have children. So, she gave Hagar to Abram to be his second wife in order to produce a family that Sarai wanted. Hagar became pregnant and she conceived. When Sarai knew Hagar was pregnant she began to despise Hagar. Genesis 16:1-5
Blame #1- The Lord has kept me from having children. Our solution: We try to fix the problem.
Blame #2- You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering.. Our solution: To blame others instead of taking responsibility of our choices and actions.
When I got to that part of the lesson I asked myself this question, "What are you running from and are you putting blame on others? If so again, what is it that you are running from??
Women run for many reasons. The reason is different for each of us. One of mine was my relationship with my mother. She would call. I would not answer. I made her a convence on my own time. I thought I was paying her back due to the abuse she put me through as a child. Did any of this fix the problem?? No. This was a protective action that I did to keep from getting hurt. Well, to make a long story short my mother ended up in the hospital. She called. I ignored she left a message. I went to the hospital and saw her. She was not in good conditions and all and part of Knew this was it. It is amazing how the Holy Spirit works on things with you. I had three weeks with her. She asked questions that I ran from but I faced it head on. Before she died I know she knew where my heart was and what I had to do to survive. I told my mother I would stick with her to the very end. I did do that. I did not run. Could not run. It was time to face the problem. Face reality. Women of God are anointed and God did not fill us with the Holy Spirit to just quit with the going gets tough.
So, I say to you. Have you been running from facing the truth about some important issue in your life? If so, it is time. Right now to face it head on. God is with you and He will not forsake you. He knows the beginning and the end. He will be beside you always.
I guess now I know what the Lord was trying to say to me. I hope and pray that this lesson touches someone today. Amen
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