Change Follows Responsibility

Week 4: Distinguishing Marks

If you want to change something, take responsibility for it.
Proverbs 14: 6-8, Romans 12: 21

You cannot solve a problem if it is someone else’s fault. Blame makes nothing better. But, if you can take responsibility for the problem then you can change it. Do you not see? You can change yourself. Other people are a whole lot harder if not impossible to change.

If we need answers but continue to blame others for our need, the solutions will always be beyond our grasp. They belong to the one we’re blaming. But, if we take responsibility for meeting our problems the solution will be held in our hands. When you pray today, tell God you are ready to accept responsibility for your situation. I am confident God is ready to supply you with the remedy. The question is how will you obey God? The answer is...